Bush Ignoring Generals
President Bush has said over and over again that he leaves military decisions up to his generals. That may be true up to a point because if they tell him the truth he gets rid of them and promotes those who agree with his insanities.
Read this from The Washington Post.
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Read this from The Washington Post.
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Pentagon insiders say members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have long opposed the increase in troops and are only grudgingly going along with the plan because they have been promised that the military escalation will be matched by renewed political and economic efforts in Iraq. Gen. John P. Abizaid, the outgoing head of Central Command, said less than two months ago that adding U.S. troops was not the answer for Iraq.