From: "Mark" 

The generals aren't happy with the necessary changes Rumsfeld is making. No
one likes change. But I do at least respect the opinion of active duty
generals. 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> First the retired generals despised Rummy and now it appears the active
> duty ones have caught the anti-Rummy virus
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2375105,00.html
> DONALD RUMSFELD, the US Defence Secretary, is facing a new challenge to
> his authority after the US Army's Chief of Staff refused to submit a
> budget plan for 2008 in protest at the demands the Pentagon is placing on
> America's overstretched military.
> General Peter Shoomaker's behind-closed-doors challenge was disclosed
> yesterday as another wave of criticism was launched - this time at a forum
> conducted by Senate Democrats - from a group of ex-Generals who have
> already called for Mr Rumsfeld to quit after six years as Defence
> Secretary.
>
>
>
> General Schoomaker took the highly unusual step last month of delaying
> submission of the Army's budget plan, arguing that the service requires
> either a much bigger budget than the Administration has proposed or relief
> from some of its worldwide commitments.
>
> ...
>
> Yesterday three retired military generals bluntly accused Mr Rumsfeld of
> bungling the war in Iraq, saying that US troops were sent to fight without
> the best equipment, and that critical facts were hidden from the public.
> "I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the Administration did
> not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the
> war in Iraq," retired Major General John Batiste said.
>
> It is rare for retired military officers to criticise the Pentagon while
> military operations are under way, particularly at a public event likely
> to draw widespread media attention.
>
> A second military leader, retired Major General Paul Eaton, assessed Mr
> Rumsfeld as "incompetent strategically, operationally and
tactically". "Mr
> Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we will see two more
> years of extraordinarily bad decision-making," he said.
>
>

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