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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (750107)	9/25/2006 4:19:49 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"If we had seriously laid out and considered the full range of requirements for the war in Iraq, we would likely have taken a different course of action that would have maintained a clear focus on our main effort in Afghanistan, not fueled Islamic fundamentalism across the globe, and not created more enemies than there were insurgents," Batiste said. Batiste, who was among retired generals who called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this year, said the Pentagon chief had refused to acknowledge the potential for insurgency, and forbidden military planners to develop a blueprint for securing Iraq after the war. "At one point, he threatened to fire the next person who talked about the need for a post-war plan," Batiste said. In private industry actions like Rumsfeld's would be rewarded with termination and maybe a lawsuit. In the world of the neocons, incompetence and lack of any reasonably predictable foresight is rewarded with job retention and defense of motive. What was your line yesterday...any "fruit basket" could see that the debacle which is the planning for Iraq's post-war occupation could only inflame moderate islam toward radicalism. I hope more military who were on the ground in Iraq will speak up after the intelligence report is formally released.