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To: LindyBill who wrote (90785)	12/15/2004 4:55:52 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

Thats exactly the reason I too felt Rummy should stay. His ideas of a fast, maneuverable military makes a lot of sense to me. Of course the MYRIADS of Generals and other capital officers probably dont like it as it probably reduces the need for so many INDIAN chiefs. I am sort of surprised that they dont just increase the USMC by another division to 4. We had SIX during WWII but only 3 for a very long time. Type of actions we seem to be getting into lately seem to me to be right up the marines alley. One more Marine Division and double the size of the Special Forces and the Military Police and I think we would be better set to handle all but MAJOR wars which appear unlikely to ever occur again as the weapons are just TOO DEADLY. jdn

To: LindyBill who wrote (90785)	12/15/2004 5:00:57 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793801

One to ponder Rathergate blog As the wait for the Rathergate report stretches into its fourth month, allow me to give you the following scenario to consider. How would cBS “News” and other media agencies react if the White House … a) Waited almost two weeks to admit a mistake over questionable documents that were immediately discredited, b) Disciplined no one as the result of the mistake, c) Promised a prompt investigation that dragged into months and months, and d) Debated with attorneys over removing items the government felt the media did not need to know? We’d never hear the end of it. Maybe the delay is because the two-man investigative team of Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi is being thorough or has uncovered new dirt. I don’t know – I’d love to be a fly on the wall at cBS. If it means a better, deeper chronicling of the liberal rot that has seeped into the network’s “news” division, I’ll wait longer for the report. But if this is not the case, the wait is becoming yet another albatross around the neck of the corrupt “news” agency. It would reflect an arrogance that America has come to expect from the media – the media demand complete transparency from government and big business, but circle around the wagons when scrutiny falls upon their ethics, or lack thereof. The silence from the rest of the media and journalism organizations over the stonewalling is deafening. The final report had better reveal what took so long. I’ll be more forgiving of the team’s persistence than I will corporate secrecy.