[lbo-talk] brass vs Rummy

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Los Angeles Times - April 13, 2006
>
>Anti-Rumsfeld Chorus Grows
>Some military leaders question the public criticism as another retired 
>general urges Defense chief to resign.
>
>... "There was a deep bitterness over Vietnam and the way the [service] 
>chiefs had been co-opted," said Richard H. Kohn, a military historian at 
>the University of North Carolina who oversaw McMaster's work on the book.
>
>Kohn said it was a lesson sent repeatedly to all Army officers: "They said: 
>'We're never going to put up with this again, we're not going to be put in 
>that position again by the civilians.' "
>
>Nevertheless, Kohn, who has discussed relations with civilian leaders with 
>several top officers, said he believed it might be dangerous for such 
>recently retired generals to go public with such criticism.
>
>"If they go out and attack the policy after leaving and they get personal 
>about it, they're undermining civilian control," Kohn said.

"Civilian control," what's that?  The nation's current leadership is made up 
completely of imperialist thugs.  Whether they strut around in uniforms or 
wear sober business suits makes no difference at all.  A pox on all these 
louses.

Carl