Rummy's Follies

"...it's bad for the military, it's bad for civil-military relations, and it's potentially very bad for the country..." - Geneneral Richard B. Meyers, USAF(ret), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

For the full article on Runny's defense, goto:

Rumsfeld Gets Robust Defense From President

Let me tell you what's "...bad for the military...", "...bad for civil-military relations..." and "...potentially very bad for the country...".

A civilian administration which launches an illegal and unjust war of aggression against a sovereign state...Which punishes dissent or contradiction from any source...Which fabricates, from whole cloth, justifications for war and then changes them when they are found to be untrue...Which awards unbid contracts to private corporations with intimate ties to the civilian administration...Which then fails to hold said firms accountable for their actions as they engage in war-profiteering...Which states that it listens to "the generals on the ground" while ignoring their advice in favor of political expediency...Which seeks causus belli with another sovereign nation while its forces are already overstretched and over-taxed...While generals wait until they are safely retired before speaking up, placing their careers before the lives of those entrusted to their command...When junior officers and enlisted personnel are punished for the misdeeds of those at the top of the chain of command who get promoted rather than disciplined...

These are all "...bad for the military...", "...bad for civil-military relations..." and "...potentially very bad for the country...". Until those responsible for these wrongs are held accountable, things will only get worse. But until "We, the People..." wake up and install a new political order in Congress and the White House nothing will change. I only hope it will not be too late when we do awaken.