General Confusion
This from the Federalist:
"In a phone conversation last week, Lt. General John Bruce Blount—former chief of staff of Allied Forces Southern Europe—told me that criticism from the ranks of retired generals is not a new phenomenon. 'But it's a very bad idea for these six to politicize their complaining at this time,' Blount, a retired U.S. Army three-star, said. 'Frankly, their complaints are much ado about nothing. I haven't heard one of them come up with any clear example of what Rumsfeld did that was so onerous.' He added, 'I can tell you, the troops aren't happy about this.' What rises to the level of sedition is debatable. What is irrefutable, however, is that the aforementioned anti-Bush, anti-Rumsfeld rhetoric inflames the passions of those who do not understand the big picture of the war on terror (including operations in Iraq). And inflaming, not debating, is exactly what that rhetoric is intended to do. Worse, that same rhetoric also encourages the likes of Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al Zarqawi. I can't say for sure if such rhetoric is spewed to deliberately encourage terrorists, but it doesn't take much to realize it does encourage our enemies."
—W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
"In a phone conversation last week, Lt. General John Bruce Blount—former chief of staff of Allied Forces Southern Europe—told me that criticism from the ranks of retired generals is not a new phenomenon. 'But it's a very bad idea for these six to politicize their complaining at this time,' Blount, a retired U.S. Army three-star, said. 'Frankly, their complaints are much ado about nothing. I haven't heard one of them come up with any clear example of what Rumsfeld did that was so onerous.' He added, 'I can tell you, the troops aren't happy about this.' What rises to the level of sedition is debatable. What is irrefutable, however, is that the aforementioned anti-Bush, anti-Rumsfeld rhetoric inflames the passions of those who do not understand the big picture of the war on terror (including operations in Iraq). And inflaming, not debating, is exactly what that rhetoric is intended to do. Worse, that same rhetoric also encourages the likes of Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al Zarqawi. I can't say for sure if such rhetoric is spewed to deliberately encourage terrorists, but it doesn't take much to realize it does encourage our enemies."
—W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:06 AM
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"Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists." ~George Bush
"I can't say for sure if such rhetoric is spewed to deliberately encourage terrorists..." Why not? The only reason to phrase this sentence this way is to place them in the same camp as the terrorists. Are we're now supposed to believe that six retired generals are giving moral support to terrorist? Hell, they should all should be sent off to Guantanamo Bay!
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