Sunday, March 19, 2006

Major General: 'Rummy Must Go'

In Today's New York Times, Paul D. Eaton, a retired major general in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003-04, called for Donald Rumsfeld's head.
"...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is not competent to lead our armed forces. First, his failure to build coalitions with our allies from what he dismissively called "old Europe" has imposed far greater demands and risks on our soldiers in Iraq than necessary. Second, he alienated his allies in our own military, ignoring the advice of seasoned officers and denying subordinates any chance for input.

In sum, he has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rumsfeld must step down.
That about sums up my opinion. There is not much more I can add, except that Rummy is a jerk.

3 comments:

  1. Bush is just too damn arrogant and incompetent to know how to handle Rum.

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  2. Bush can only handle rum if it has coke in it! And I dont mean Pepsi's compeditor.
    Gary (NJ)

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