Comments on: A Bizarre Role Reversal

By: Robert R

Robert R — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:12:07 +0000

Rumsfield; I meant Rumsfield not Richardson.

By: Robert R

Robert R — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:55:22 +0000

In an interview tonight, Woodward was asked if he thought General Petraeus was a hero in this clusterfuck. Woodward said yes. The General went completely against what Richardson and Bush and the Pentagon Generals were doing and wanted to continue doing. He went against what General Casey, commanding in Iraq, was advocating.

General Petraeus, as we know, wrote the Field Manual on this new kind of warfare. Much of it is still Top Secret as Woodward acknowledged. (In a sideline, Senator Obama refused to answer a question last week pleading that it was unwise to tip his potential hand to foreign enemies.) Now, granted, the General received some lucky breaks at the same time the Military Surge was started. But miltarily, the surge was a Home Run. A great plan, carried out at the right time, by the right troops. Even Senator Obama conceded that.

Woodward seems to think that Petraeus had to sell it to Bush, that Petraeus was not “Bush’s Lap Dog” And neither was he” General Betrayus” as Move.On tagged him. It was at this time that I started posting here; the first thread I saw was a link to an anti-war site that had run an article speculating why General Petraeus had not been sworn in. As I think of it now, my answer was to Matt; something along the line of ,”What? Are you sure you know what you are talking about? Or are you ignorant??? Etcetera……..Whatever it was, it was sarcastic and snarky, and I wish to apologize for it.

By: Salros

Salros — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:04:52 +0000

In the late 1950’s, a great President warned Americans what may be their future.

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The amount of money put into weapon development could transform education and health care in America. It is one of the greatest ironies of Humankind that one of the most religious, benevolent nations in the world is also one of the greatest manufacturers of death. At the very core of most of America’s largest corporations is military money. Conflict, discord and fear support America’s military complex.

America, where one hand offers compassion and peace, the other hand offers conflict and fear.

By: satchboogieca

satchboogieca — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:49:00 +0000

I was under the impression that it was the other way around, that the White House listened partly to the ambitious “an unused weapon is a useless weapon” Military leaders and the rest was the influence of corporations.

It appears that corporations have even greater influence over politics than the military!

Hmm… reminds me of places like Chile where the military just up and took over.

Perhaps that’s why the White House wanted a surge, so there would not be enough military personnel in the US to actually do that?

Very interesting article.