The Swiftboating of the Generals who want Rumsfeld to resign has begun

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Thursday April 13, 2006 · 7:27 PM PDT

2006/04/13 · 19:27

If you're a Republican whose love of Bush is only exceeded by your love of war, what do you call lifetime senior officers in the military who speak out against the man they think has led us to disaster in Iraq?

A bunch of traitors, of course.

Think I'm kidding? Read on . . .

Some fellow named Dan Riehl offers us this little pearl of wisdom, certain to be repeated throughout the Wingnutosphere:

And I would not be surprised if much of this grousing by retiring Generals has as much to do with little military kingdoms and force structures as power centers for career military officers. It is well known that Rumsfeld went in to shake up the force and command structure and that some of that was to be done in a manner which many in the military might resist. I can't say how much of this treason we are seeing now has to do with that, but I would bet more than some. Military officers are by nature very territorial.

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It is that blurring of the lines between the soldier and civilian government which bothers me most. As far as I am concerned, these now complaining Generals should either make their thoughts known privately to their former peers and even bosses, or they should all take a page from MacArthur and simply fade away.

Retired officers of such high rank have no business entering in our political discourse in such a public manner during a time of war. And that goes for whether they have a book deal or future political ambitions, or not. They betray the public trust in and around separation of the military and civilian points of view they agreed to abide by when they put that uniform on.

And I think it's that and not their previous Generalship or who they are as individuals which signifies their disgrace.

Read the whole thing here.

I have two words for Mr. Riehl:

Tommy fucking Franks.

General Tommy Franks Supports President Bush for Reelection!

You see, in Wingnut world one should either praise Bush (loudly) or shut the fuck up. Generals who retire and then dare to criticize the Preznit are traitors, betrayers, and a disgrace.

I'm also going to award him double-Wingnuts points for citing DOUGLAS MACARTHUR as a model for generals showing deference to civilian leadership. Snort, guffaw, chuckle. MacArthur, of course, was fired for blatant and public insubordination.

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