Military shifts caused dissent, Rumsfeld says

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Vowing not to bow to calls for his ouster from several retired generals, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday their grievances are a natural fallout from his push for dramatic changes in the military.

He also discounted any suggestion that the generals’ complaints reflect widespread dissent in the officer corps.

At a Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld said it’s not surprising that his decisions have roused some discord.

"When you make a decision, you make a choice, somebody is not going to like it," he said. "It’s perfectly possible to come into this department and preside and not make choices, in which case people are not unhappy, until about five years later when they find you haven’t done anything and the country isn’t prepared."

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Apr/20060419News021.asp

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1. Exactly what is it we are prepared for Rumdumb?

Are we prepared for hurricane relief?
Are we prepared for mass evacuations?
Are we prepared to expand the military with a draft if we have a major confrontation with China, Russia or even Korea?
Are we prepared to deal with the drug lords in Columbia and Afghanistan?
Are we really prepared for al Qaeda?
Are we prepared for a ten year longer occupation for Iraq?
How are you going to move your highly mobile military forces with an oil supply dependent on ten thousand mile shipping lanes?
How are you going to replace destroyed high tech weapons when key components come from halfway around the world?
The answer to every one of these questions is that we are less prepared and less able to defend ourselves than we were 5 fears ago AND our civilian and military morale is in the toilet.

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2. The military has been a shambles,

almost from the moment this asshat put his cold slimy tendrils on it....No Jerkowitz,this has nothing to do with your "making choices" and everything to do with your making DISASTEROUS choices,sticking with them for over four years while the military becomes depleted and demoralized and then insisting your vision is both brilliant and permanent....not one of you're detractors ran to the public to complain at the onset of the application of your "master plan" but I'll bet almost everyone of them told you "Bad plan,Stan..." up the chain of command AS WAS THEIR DUTY....It took your ridiculous "stay the course" horseshit to chase them into public....At some point in the film Dr. Strangelove, Slim Pickens could have safely been convinced against straddling the bomb,I just pray that asshat (and our military) have not already cleared the bomb bay.....