5th US WAR LEADER RESIGNS: DOBBS REPORTS TOP OF HOUR

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Making him the 5th Top Brass Iraq leader to leave over inexperienced President and Defense Secretary, Major General Batiste resigns. Rum-Dumb will be on the defensive and get plenty of heat. CNN asks, SHOULD THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RESIGN?

[corkhead]

1. No, he should be drawn and quartered

[jimshoes]

We must certainly be

on the same wavelength. I made that same comment today at work talking about the creep.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. in the military it's best to shut up or when speaking mean what you say

Chimps that ducked out of their duty can't quite understand the concept.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. Watch Lou Dobbs -- Butcher at large LOL

He's sharpening his knife as we speak... There going to run out of top leadership at this rate. Generals care for their troops and are sick of stay an ametauristic "stay course" strategy, which is no strategy at all.

[tulsakatz]

12. RIGHT!!!

Stay the course is not a strategy, it's a sound byte!!

And 'we'll stand down when they stand up' is also not strategy. If that's the case, we'll be there forever...........

[The Backlash Cometh]

31. I call it a Hamburger Hill mentality

"sick of stay an ametauristic "stay course" strategy, which is no strategy at all."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. FOUR RETIRED GENERALS ALREADY DEMAND RUMDUMBS RESIGNATION

One says He got tired of "burying the results" of poor decisions.

[AndyTiedye]

24. I'd Settle for a Fair War-Crimes Trial in the Hague

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. Rummy could use his bird flu profits on a good lawyer.

[Mr_Spock]

25. skewered and roasted on an open flame...

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[FiveGoodMen]

26. ...and whatever's left set on fire.

[C_U_L8R]

28. Keel-hauling could be fun

if that's your sort of thing

[Hardrada]

41. Flogged around the fleet and then keelhauled!

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Those 5 were just disgruntled "dead enders" with a political

agenda.:sarcasm:

[xultar]

3. I think Rummy should have a pole driven up his ass and then paraded

through the country on tour.

[Mr_Spock]

27. I like the way you think

:rofl:

Rummy on a stick - a new treat for your kids :rofl:

[MADem]

4. Did they say why he resigned?

Did he pipe up, get honest, and fail to select for promotion? Or any one of the foregoing?

It'll be interesting to hear from him once he's collecting his check on the first of the month...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. He's HIGHLY critical of RUM DUMB and His Royal Chimpness like others

[MADem]

19. Oh, excellent!!!

Wonder when his last day on ACDU is, between leave and whatnot? Odds are good he has 60 on the books--they never let you take leave from those jobs. With any luck, we'll be hearing from him by summer!

[Plaid Adder]

5. more relevant question: who would replace him?

My sense is that everyone involved would be pleased to throw him overboard if they could get anyone else to take the job. I can't imagine anyone wants it, though, because all Rumsfeld's replacement will be able to do is preside over the ultimate failure and pullout.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Jeffersons Ghost]

17. There'a plenty of replacments but few yes men make General usually

Making yes-men into generals gets GIs killed and loses battles.

[MADem]

20. Look at that dipstick BOYKIN...and SANCHEZ!!!

Neither are prizes on their good days...but under Rummy, it's fuck up, move up!

Is there any wonder why there have been "thousands" of mistakes in our prosecution of Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL)?

[valerief]

6. He needs to be iced (his panties, that is).

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/12/24219/8100

[derby378]

7. To quote Carlos Mencia: "DEE dee-deeeeeeeeee!!!"

[Renew Deal]

10. When did he actually resign?

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-12T165250Z_01_N12340006_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-GENERAL.xml

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. likely earlier but he announced it today, with very critical comments

While he didn't target Bushie with remarks he blasted rum-dumb.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Listen Up Sheeple! n/t

[LoKnLoD]

13. Like Rummy gives a crap

he's made millions off of the bird flu and tamiflu already, that's all these POS neocons care about, he just collecting checks till bush hands him over to the mob before nov 2006.

[ShortnFiery]

16. My God, Can't the Supreme Court do something?

It's getting a little crazy around the Executive Branch and the Congress are Eunuchs! Help?

[Jacobin]

30. Um, they already did. They appointed bush president

I think we can do without any more of their 'help"

[lovuian]

18. WOW the military is rebelling and don't want to be part of

WWIII machine... Rumsfeld must be senile!!!

[MADem]

21. Either that, or when he calls them on the carpet, they want to be able to

sit their asses down while they are getting their asses chewed for hours on end.

Rummy must have hemorrhoids--he does NOT sit. He has this stupid desk, it is like a drafting table, and he STANDS at at in his goofy hiking boots--sometimes for hours.

[AngryOldDem]

23. He sure should....

...and then he should get an all-expense-paid trip to The Hague.

[4freethinking]

29. was vietnam this bad?

Was Westmorland there for a while?

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. Vietnam was bad.

A Vietnam type war should only come once in a Super Power's lifetime. If George Bush had participated in that war, it would have.

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

34. Didn't Seymour Hersh's art. mention potential high-level resignations?

I wonder if there's a connection to be made.

QDM

[KansDem]

39. In the NPR "Fresh Air" interview, he said Rumsfeld was interfering

with the Pentagon in the promotion process from 3-star to 4-star general.

Apparently, the Pentagon has always done this without input from the SOD, but now Rumsfeld in overseeing these promotions.

Wonder if BushCo wants to replace these retiring top brass with "Stepford Generals"

[Medium Baby Jesus]

35. Batiste retired from the Army on November 1, 2005

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-12T165250Z_01_N12340006_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-GENERAL.xml

[autorank]

36. ...if all the good guys/gals resign, who will stop the coup?

:shrug:

[Swamp Rat]

37. Just alien lizards, like Rumsferatu

[sojourner]

38. anybody here know if this many top brass departing during war time is new?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

40. It's extremely rare in history. Likely a new record in US military actions

Let's recap: Borrowed more money than all other Presidents combined.
Got away with more high crimes than any US President.
Gave more tax breaks and loop-holes to the ultra-rich than any other President.
Exported more jobs than all presidents combined.
Spent more on defense than any other president.

you know -- in retrospect the generals lost thing isn't such an impressive record, is it?

[sojourner]

42. thanks. i thought it pretty unprecedented, but i have a limited grasp on

war history. i have always hated war, and dislike hearing about it more than necessary. (that means getting the basics - who did what, to whom, why, and what were the underlying motivations - and what new atrocities were invented or rediscovered this time around)