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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (4924)	7/14/2001 3:44:55 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

No doubt Rumsfeld will buy into that interpretation. Hell, he might even believe it. Damn it...I thought I escaped the party requirement...see you all another day. jttmab

To: jlallen who wrote (4924)	7/15/2001 5:14:59 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Since you seem to make a point of spinning so frequently, it might be worthwhile to collect the specifics together in a single post. From: washingtonpost.com One general involved in the review said: "We are beyond being upset. We are into giggle factor." He added that of several post-Cold War defense reviews, "This is by far the most disorganized effort I've ever seen." jttmab translation: He's got the Pentagon coming out and saying, in effect, that Rumsfield and all his staff are a bunch of idiots jlallen translation: The review being conducted is a large task and I wouldn't necessarily expect it to be seamless nor favorably reviewed by those whom it affects most. I'll leave it to the thread to decide who is doing the greater spinning. jttmab

To: jlallen who wrote (4924)	7/15/2001 6:44:10 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

More US military support for Bush, this time from Adm Mies. washingtonpost.com Nuclear Arms Chief Questions Cut in Warheads The commander of U.S. strategic nuclear forces has forcefully, though indirectly, challenged President Bush's plan to slash the number of warheads and take intercontinental ballistic missiles off "hair-trigger" alert. Bush has said repeatedly -- most recently in a May 4 speech at the National Defense University -- that he would like to move quickly to reduce U.S. nuclear forces, unilaterally if necessary. Adm. Richard W. Mies, chief of the U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha, told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday that it is "naive and mistaken" to believe "that the 'nuclear danger' is directly proportional to the number of nuclear weapons and, accordingly, lower is inevitably better." There is "a tyranny in very deep numerical reductions that inhibits flexibility and induces instability in certain circumstances," Mies said at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces. "Stability is the most important criterion as we assess further initiatives to reduce our strategic forces to the lowest levels consistent with national security."........ jttmab