From: "Gary Britt" 

What you can't add?  Makes it more than thousands.  Then add in the retired
and it makes it more than thousands again.  So 4 or 5 guys out of thousands
have something to say.  Odds are 4 9r 5 out of thousands believe the moon
is made of blue cheese as well.

Gary

"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
news:44414897{at}w3....
> Really. What happens when the reserves are called up - They are on active
> duty. I read what Rumsfield said ( the transcript is online). I also gave
> you the DOD numbers from Feb of this year.
>
>
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> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44414169$1{at}w3....
>> Your link shows total active duty personnel by rank with generals at just
>> under 1000.  Today's military is designed to be composed of not just
>> active duty but reserve personnel.  That will put generals over 1000.
>> When you total active duty, reserves, national guard, and retired, its
>> thousands Bob. Rumsfeld was correct.  You should have kept listening.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
>> news:44412ac4$1{at}w3....
>>> http://www.dior.whs.mil/mmid/military/miltop.htm
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:444129c3{at}w3....
>>>> There are thousands of Generals Bob.  Almost 2000 active
duty generals,
>>>> and must be thousands more retired.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>>>> news:44411aec$1{at}w3....
>>>>> Rumsfeld also said there are thousands of
generals/admirals, which I
>>>>> know is exaggerated to say the least, and I stopped
listening to him
>>>>> after that.....
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:44411a0a{at}w3....
>>>>>> Generals brings us back to the change adverse whiners and
>>>>>> incompetents and passed over for promotion people
who are speaking
>>>>>> out to hawk books and to promote their feelings
against the military
>>>>>> reformation that Don Rumsfeld has been pushing
since coming into
>>>>>> office.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:443ffe69{at}w3....
>>>>>>> So none of the Generals have any experience either?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1842182&page=1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Batiste is one of six retired generals
demanding Rumsfeld step down,
>>>>>>> breaking a long tradition of the military
steering clear of
>>>>>>> politics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "We have nothing to gain by this. There's
no political agenda at
>>>>>>> all," Batiste said. "We've been
loyal subordinates. This is all
>>>>>>> about soldiers - service men and women - and
their families."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Batiste led the First Infantry Division in
Iraq in 2004 and 2005. He
>>>>>>> retired from the military in November 2005,
passing up a third star
>>>>>>> and a chance to be second in command in Iraq.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:443ff67c$1{at}w3....
>>>>>>>> It doesn't say anything in there about
having any defense
>>>>>>>> department/military operations and
strategy expertise now does it.
>>>>>>>> Doesn't even indicate interest in military stuff.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:443ff261$1{at}w3....
>>>>>>>>> Gee Gary  I would have thought the
Lexington Institute your cup of
>>>>>>>>> tea. It's not the liberals that are turning
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/mission.asp
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Lexington Institute believes in
limiting the role of the
>>>>>>>>> federal government to those functions
explicitly stated or
>>>>>>>>> implicitly defined by the
Constitution. The Institute therefore
>>>>>>>>> actively opposes the unnecessary
intrusion of the federal
>>>>>>>>> government into the commerce and
culture of the nation, and
>>>>>>>>> strives to find nongovernmental,
market-based solutions to
>>>>>>>>> public-policy challenges. We believe a
dynamic private sector is
>>>>>>>>> the greatest engine for social
progress and economic prosperity.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:443fe9ee$1{at}w3....
>>>>>>>>>>I bet he understands it a hell of a
lot better than Loren Thompson
>>>>>>>>>>and the entire Lexington Institute.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If a general thinks a policy is so
wrong that it puts his troops
>>>>>>>>>> in needless and senseless danger,
then he should have the courage
>>>>>>>>>> of his convictions; resign his
commission publicly and make known
>>>>>>>>>> at that time the specific reasons
for his resignation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise its just money hungry
book hawking and change adverse
>>>>>>>>>> and/or disgruntled EX employees of
the military.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:443fe058$1{at}w3....
>>>>>>>>>>> The Bushies will have to purge
the officer corps soon
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20060414/cm_rcp/the_knive
s_are_out_for_rummy;_ylt=A86.I2ELwT9EM18BjgT9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5
bnN1YmNhdA--
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> "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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