From: "Gary Britt" 

Rumsfeld knows and he and the chairman of the joint chiefs made this
statement in a public news conference regarding 100's and 100's of
Generals. Its possible their reference was to both active duty and
retired/non-active duty personnel.

Gary

"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> Just how large does Gary think the General Officer corp is that we can
> have hundreds and hundreds retiring etc ?
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> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>> 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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