From: "Rich Gauszka" 

The Bushies will have to purge the officer corps soon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20060414/cm_rcp/the_knives_are_out_fo
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But Loren Thompson, a military analyst of the Lexington Institute, told the
Christian Science Monitor that while some of the rancor towards Rumsfeld
can be attributed to his well publicized efforts transform the military,
"much of the officer corps thinks he simply doesn't understand
technology or operations in sufficient depth to grasp the consequences of
his policies, and yet he routinely uses his position to quash
dissent."


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message news:443fcfcd$1{at}w3....
> Imagine that Monte has absolutely no clue of the psychology of
> bureaucracies and the petty grudges of people who don't want their
> bureaucracy changed. Anyone with a brain whose ever worked in a large
> organization knows full well and first hand how change adverse some people
> can be.  Rumsfeld has been reforming and changing the military, its
> operations, its budgeting, its programs, its structure, etc. since first
> coming to office.  If he didn't make a few change adverse generals upset
> then THAT would be something to worry about.
>
> Over the past 5 years 100's and 100's of generals have retired, been
> passed over, been pushed out of the military and only 4 or 5 out of these
> 100's come forward to bitch when it is in their own pecuniary and petty
> interests to so do.
>
> Only a non-nuanced imbecile (i.e. Monte et al) would consider these people
> anything but petty change adverse, passed over for promotion, bureaucrats.
> Seeking revenge on the guy who isn't as milk toasty as the incompetent
> defense secretary's to whom they grew accustomed under Clinton.
>
> Gary
>
> Don't reply Monte, we know you have no defense to these comments.
>
>
> "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
> news:glcv32db4qtplkv84l9fnm2g6nmgr5t85e{at}4ax.com...
>> "Mark"  wrote:
>>
>>>Imagine that, as we crossed the Rhine...
>>
>> Imagine that neither Victor nor Mark has a clue about the differences
>> between WWII and Iraq.
>>
>> (Or, more likely, that they do -- but find it ideologically useful to
>> ignore them)
>
>

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