Associated Press:
Retired military officers on Monday are expected to bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in
Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public.
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"I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq," retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste is expected to say based on remarks prepared for a forum conducted by Senate Democrats.
A second military leader, retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, will assess Rumsfeld as "incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically ...."
"Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we will see two more years of extraordinarily bad decision-making," his statement prepared for the policy forum read. The session is being held six weeks before the Nov. 7 midterm elections in which the war is a central issue.
And, on top of everything else, sixteen intelligence agencies agree that the Iraq war is making terrorism worse.
What a bang-up job old Rummie is doing. Afghanistan's going south, so no good news there, either.
Is it possible that Rumsfeld sucks?
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