Military insider on Why Iraq Was a Mistake

[DesertRat]

Why Iraq Was a Mistake
A military insider sounds off against the war and the "zealots" who pushed it
By LIEUT. GENERAL GREG NEWBOLD (RET.)

In 1971, the rock group The Who released the antiwar anthem Won't Get Fooled Again. To most in my generation, the song conveyed a sense of betrayal by the nation's leaders, who had led our country into a costly and unnecessary war in Vietnam. To those of us who were truly counterculture--who became career members of the military during those rough times--the song conveyed a very different message. To us, its lyrics evoked a feeling that we must never again stand by quietly while those ignorant of and casual about war lead us into another one and then mismanage the conduct of it. Never again, we thought, would our military's senior leaders remain silent as American troops were marched off to an ill-considered engagement. It's 35 years later, and the judgment is in: the Who had it wrong. We have been fooled again.

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1181629,00.html

[JHB]

1. I can only say...

..."Speak for yourself, General."

[saigon68]

2. He wasn't fooled ---- He retired before the CLUSTER FUCK

Thereby refusing to participate in the wanton killing of a Hundred thousand human beings by the War CRIMINAL NEOCONS

[Fabio]

3. Tis true

He left during the Iraq war planning.

[mnmoderatedem]

4. Entwistle and Moon

are probably rolling over in their graves...

[Supersedeas]

5. He thinks the Condaliar would try to shift the blame -- no WAY!!