Pentagon Regime Change Among Senior Officers

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

flashback from OCT 2002

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__Regime Change at the Pentagon? Rumsfeld's Dictatorial Rule at the Pentagon is 'Courting a Rebellion' Among Senior Officers

Washington Post.com reports: "(There is) a pronounced civilian-military divide at the Pentagon under Rumsfeld's leadership. Numerous officers complain bitterly that their best advice is being disregarded by someone who has spent most of the last 25 years away from the military.....Many senior officers on the Joint Staff and in all branches of the military describe Rumsfeld as frequently abusive and indecisive, trusting only a tiny circle of close advisers, seemingly eager to slap down officers with decades of distinguished service. The unhappiness is so pervasive that all three service secretaries are said to be deeply frustrated by a lack of autonomy and contemplating leaving by the end of the year....'Things are more fouled up than I've ever seen them,' said one former defense official sympathetic to Rumsfeld. 'The depth of disaffection is really quite striking,' added one defense consultant. 'I think Rumsfeld is courting a rebellion.'"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32170-2002Oct15.html

[BJ]

1. There is a certain amount of irony evident here.

O', how the generals must be pining for the days of "peacenik," "Liberal" President Bill Clinton.

[never cry wolf]

2. Didn't he just purge some top brass??

I thought that recently he "retired" like 10 top generals and installed his hand picked crew.

It really doesn't surprise me, this cabal doesn't give a flying fuck about who they use. The CIA and now the Military is pissed at them over their abuses and even the mainstream media is showing signs of life. They are beginning to reap what they have sown.

[hadrons]

3. think they'll vote for Dumbya again????

count on it; stupid robots

[StephNW4Clark]

5. I don't think so...

...senior military officials aren't stupid. You might not agree or like their jobs or what they're asked to do, but they're not stupid. They're intelligent. And I think they're going to Clark. I think he resonated with them (obviously not all of them, since some of them are Republicans and uber-hawks) because he said that the Pentagon does not belong to the GOP.

[tom_paine]

4. Ah, the Busheviks...just like the Nazis and Soviets

(but kinder and gentler...for the moment)

ALL Totalitarian societies engage in military purges to bolster their Fuehrer, be he Bush, Marcos, Hitler, or Stalin.

Dissenters must be purged.