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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (736615)	4/13/2006 7:03:38 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

When reading these comments from EX generals I would CAUTION everyone to take into consideration that Rumesfield is interested in DOWNSIZING the military to faster, harder hitting self contained units from the sprawling beauracracy it has been. Right now there are MORE generals running around then needed for a smaller manpower force, thus many of these comments likely are due to a desire to eliminate Rummy for PERSONAL reasons. jdn

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (736615)	4/13/2006 8:37:50 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 769670

Why Iraq was a mistake.............http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1181629,00.html

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (736615)	4/13/2006 11:25:16 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Another general joins anti-Rummy brigade BY HELEN KENNEDY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, April 13th, 2006 nydailynews.com The extraordinary "Revolt of the Generals" continued yesterday with a fourth high-ranking senior military leader calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's head. Retired two-star Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who commanded the Big Red One - the Army's 1st Infantry Division - in Iraq until November, said Rumsfeld must go for ignoring and intimidating career officers. "You know, it speaks volumes that guys like me are speaking out from retirement about the leadership climate in the Department of Defense," Batiste told CNN. "I believe we need a fresh start in the Pentagon. We need a leader who understands teamwork, a leader who knows how to build teams, a leader that does it without intimidation," said Batiste, a West Point graduate who also served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and is now president of Klein Steel Service in upstate Rochester. "When decisions are made without taking into account sound military recommendations, sound military decision-making, sound planning - then we're bound to make mistakes," he said. The unusual drumbeat of criticism from top generals comes as public support for the war continues to slide. In the latest carnage, a car bomb killed at least 20 people outside a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad yesterday. And in a video posted today on the Internet, Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri praised insurgents in Iraq and called on all Muslims to support them. It wasn't clear why the video, which apparently was made in November 2005, was being released now. Batiste was adding his voice to a chorus already made up of retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former head of the U.S. Central Command; retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who oversaw training of Iraqi forces, and retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, former director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Rumsfeld shrugged off the criticism earlier this week as not "new or surprising."