Will that be when all the troops come home? /sarcasm
More likely it will be before the election.

“I am sick and tired of Bush.”

Another travesty is the poor grammar of this writer:

“Yesterday, CentCom commander Adm. William Fallon resigned — a day before an Esquire article that points out stark policy differences between he and the Bush administration …..”

“Between” is a preposition and takes the objective “him”. I really have no patience with grammatical errors from professional writers.

Miserable failure of a campaign manager!!

“To some extent I;m a fan of transition” WHAT? To what extent? And what does a “long term security agreement” mena? It sounds like it means a couple of permanent US bases in Iraq. After all for this illegal war to “be worth it” the US has to get something out if it—like access to Iraqi oil and a base dead center in the ME. That is the ONLY VALUE this f-ing war can provide.

His emphatic “absolutely worth it” comment sounds pretty eager–if NOT his personal or professional opinion but just the boilerplate approval he’s obliged to give the press by his superiors, then he’s clearly not shy of doing some chearleading, is he?

The lesson of Fallon’s departure should be blindingly obvious to him. If he shares the same views as Fallon he won;t last long and if he expresses dissent he’ll be out of Fallon’s seat before his ass has warmed it up.

I can’t see Dempsey as being anything more than a rubber-stamping beaureaucrat. If he isn’t well then he’ll be gone in short order too. ANd don’t forget he can be easily overridden. We’ll just have to wait and see.

If he starts getting trotted out to the press and doing the rounds, then something will definitely be in the offing. That’s something to watch out for.

Yeah. McCain might take us all the way down to 19 brigades… This century even…

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 12, 2008 @ 11:05 am

Dick Cheney’s Historian. I wonder who she had blow to get that job?

“…needs of Washington”=oil contracts

Again, this Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.) is nothing more than an oil grab.

Impossible!!!!

her father, 5-deferment Dickhead, NEVER had ANY balls to begin with!

DEMPSEY: Well, my reaction is that the U.S. military has never been defeated on the battlefield at any time in this mission since I’ve been here. And I’ve been here almost the entire time.

O’REILLY: But 3,000 American dead, and you know, what, 15,000 wounded or something. You know, Americans are saying, not worth it.

DEMPSEY: It is absolutely worth it. Left unchecked, we would have been doing this in 2025 or so, but it would have been a far more horrific experience for all of us and I think far more casualties.

Comment by robertoroberto — March 12, 2008 @ 10:34 am

In case no one noticed, this article is over 2 years old (December 2005).

Comment by dim wit — March 12, 2008 @ 10:56 am

Sir, are you insinuating that Lynne Cheney might have “balls”???

“Historian Lynne Cheney said today that, in comparison to where the United States was at a comparable point in its own history, the Iraqis are doing remarkably well.

An estimated 100,000 Americans, just 3 percent of all eligible voters, participated in America’s first election under the new U.S. Constitution, she noted. And more than half of the U.S. population — all women and slaves — were ineligible to vote. In Iraq, by contrast, women are eligible to vote, there are no slaves, and more than 70 percent of the population voted. ”

Wow! Iraq is more demoratic than America! That must mean Bush is a dictator and should be overthrown! Thanks for picking up on that for us Lynne Cheney.

Seriously, who would have their own daughter be the primary source for historical reference in an article about themselves? Because I’m sure Lynne Cheney is the epitome of objectivity in reporting. To think the right has the balls to even talk about liberal media bias when they quote their own family members as “experts”