From: "Mark" 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> "Phil Payne" 
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>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>>> Turns out it's about 4700 retired generals still kicking.
>>>> http://www.slate.com/id/2139847
>>>>
>>>> "It's hard to get good numbers, but the Explainer
estimates that about
>>> 4,700
>>>> general officers are enjoying their retirement in the United States
>>>> right
>>>> now. (For a detailed look at the data and the Explainer's
calculations,
>>>> click here.) That means the six former generals who
stepped forward to
>>>> criticize Rumsfeld make up about one-tenth of 1 percent of the total
>>>> community...."
>>>
>>> And what percentage of the retired senior generals WHO HAVE SERVED UNDER
>>> RUMSFLED do they make up?
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>> Most of the retired senior generals have served under Rumsfeld so the
>> percentage should be similar (though that 1/10th of a percent above is
>> even less, as I understand the DoD has upped the number to 8,000).
>>
>> Only those that retired prior to 1975 didn't serve under him > joined in '78, made senior general in less than 22 years, then retired in
>> '00>
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> It's a meaningless numbers game. If one more retired general jumps ship I
> expect them to scour up relatives of all deceased general officers

You're right, it is >

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