Casey approval to chief faces uphill battle

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By Sean D. Naylor - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jan 27, 2007 12:35:38 EST

As key senators question the nomination of Gen. George Casey to be the next Army chief of staff, officers also are voicing their concern that if the politicians confirm Casey, they would not be holding him accountable for U.S. failures in Iraq, where he has been the senior coalition military commander for the past 30 months.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Jan. 23 told Army Times that Casey’s approach of limiting U.S. troop numbers in the war zone “was a failed policy in Iraq that he continued to support and testified before Congress that it was going to be successful. That raises serious concerns.”

McCain’s comments repeated those he made two days earlier on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

He said he might oppose Casey and might not, depending on Casey’s answers during his scheduled Feb. 1 confirmation hearing. Other senators have expressed similar misgivings, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who told Army Times he is not certain Casey is the best person for the job.

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The rest of the article is interesting, indeed, with opinions of military and focus on what is likely to be Casey's bugaboo: his own accountability. The latter is strange, given that no one else is being held accountable--yet.

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1. McCain is simply disgusting.

Blaming Casey for the Iraq debacle is like blaming the bat
when the batter grounds into a double play.

When is Mr. Straight Talk Express going to get Bush's knob out
of his mouth?

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2. And I hope his fellow Rethugs

also find him disgusting for whatever reason they want to claim.