after his appointment wasn't renewed.
larry
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:44:01 -0500, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is ridiculous. What would you of had him do, Angel? Completely ignore
> > his generals?
>
> The "we just do what the Generals tell us to" is misleading. The
> civilians in the Pentagon and Whitehouse set policy and the military
> Generals execute on it.
>
> For example, if said, "Brian, guard your office. How many troops do
> you need?" and you said "5 men", I bet you could guard your office
> fine - that doesn't mean the building is secure.
>
> That is, if most people want the building to be secure, but I've only
> told you to guard that office, when asked if you need more troops
> you're going to say no - you've been told your job is only to guard
> the office.
>
> The funny thing here is that when Lawrence Lindsey said that the war
> in Iraq would cost $2 billion he was fired. When Gen. Shinseki said
> we needed more troops he was fired.
>
> Both were right and it sure appears that Mr. Bush didn't want you that
> before hand.
>
>
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