You know they've jumped the shark when they start going after the Army

[norml]

And isn't that what they're doing right now?

Tune in any right wing radio clown, and you'll hear that's what's being done at this very moment, all for the sake of Rumsfeld and their PNAC plans.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&q=Rumsfeld+Generals&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=McCarthy+Army&btnG=Google+Search

[Maddy McCall]

1. That's when McCarthy jumped the shark, and that brought....

his red-scare tactics to a screeching halt.

If you fuck with the army, you get blowback.

[NewJeffCT]

2. well, you know that West Point

Filled with a bunch of pinko tree hugging commie sympathizing drug using latte sipping wimpy liberals. Wasn't it West Point that Rick Santorum called the epicenter of all that is bad in America?

:sarcasm:

[XemaSab]

5. And they're all gay too.

[NewJeffCT]

6. that's right, how could I forget?

I mean, only a bunch of gay men could come up with the "don't ask don't tell" policy.

But, the military helped bring down Ann Coulter's favorite senator, Joe McCarthy. Hopefully, they can bring down her favorite president & VP, too.

[BOSSHOG]

3. More Irony

I guess the knucklehead chickenhawks are not supporting the troops now. Not long ago bush was blathering on about listening to his field commanders. The recently retired ones who are damning his soul were his field commanders. But to military experts like limbaugh and hannity its all the generals fault. What the fuck do they know. More irony - two of the generals who are bitching about bush were identified by their civilian bosses for promotion but chose to resign then to continue serving this administration. I guess they were so fucked up that rumsfeld wanted to promote them.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Truth ... damned truth. Its always the truth that gits ya.

Lies are we need now, Boss ... and there ya go ... truth tellin'. Y'oughta be ashamed of yerself.

[unblock]

4. i thought they reached that point when they went after the cia!

i still can't believe the cia didn't burn him fast after that!

[benburch]

9. The CIA cannot go public.

The Army CAN

[unblock]

11. i wouldn't have expected the cia to do their work IN PUBLIC.

[benburch]

12. I know what you are suggesting...

and I simply don't think they would ever work that way domestically.

[unblock]

13. i wasn't necessarily suggesting THAT

they could have covertly destroy his reputation, for instance, whether through investigation or by planting evidence or just by leaking stories.

on the other hand, he's been getting bad press ever since katrina, so maybe they DID do something covert, who knows?

:tinfoilhat:

[Jai4WKC08]

7. This is very good

If rightwing media is attacking the army, it could very well turn more listeners away from the GOP than just about anything we could say.

[Sparkly]

8. OmiGAWD -- check this one out!!

Op-Ed piece in WSJ:

"Much of the acrimony expressed by Secretary Rumsfeld's military critics appears to stem from his efforts to 'transform' the military by moving to a joint expeditionary force that is lighter and more mobile in nature to meet the nation's current and future threats," the article said.

"Many senior officers and bureaucrats did not support his transformation goals -- preferring conventional weapons of the past ... which prove practically useless against lawless and uncivilized enemies engaged in asymmetric warfare," the writers continued.

"It unfortunately appears that two of the retired generals (Messrs. Zinni and Newbold) do not understand the true nature of this radical ideology, Islamic extremism, and why we fight in Iraq. We suggest they listen to the tapes of United 93."

The op-ed piece was written by retired Lt. Gen. John Crosby, former deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; retired Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, former assistant vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force; retired Maj. Gen. Buron Moore, U.S. Air Force, who was director of Central Command during Operation Desert Storm; and retired Maj. Gen Paul Vallely, former deputy commander of the U.S.. Army, Pacific.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/17/rumsfeld/

[norml]

10. Yeah, these Generals just aren't as visionary as Rumsfeld.

That must be what all the fuss is about.

[snowbear]

15. That's just crazy!

And of course the media will probably just let that ridiculous comment slide.. Unbelievable!!!