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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (382685)	3/31/2003 11:02:57 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 769670

The Russians have an interesting analysis of the current situation: Some data allow us to surmise the appearance of a serious conflict between commanders in the field and higher-level military and political leaders in the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who is one of the primary developers of and lobbyists for the military operation in Iraq, is blaming field commanders and General Tommy Franks personally for indecisiveness and passivity, which have led to the war being drawn out and today's "stalemate" situation. The latter, in turn, freely describes the Secretary to his circle of confidants as an "old windbag" and "opportunist" who has dragged the army into war under the most unfavorable conditions. However, many officers believe that these military commanders are both responsible for the military setbacks of the coalition. . Rumsfeld made the most serious errors in planning the forces and resources that would be required for this campaign, but Franks could not show firmness in achieving complete and high-quality preparation for the campaign and in fact "lay down" before the capricious demands of the politicians Message 18777216 Franks was chosen for his position because he would be passive to Rumsfeld's demands. It is only expected that he would show the same characteristics in action. None of the ChickenHawks wanted to listen to those with experience. TP