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2007-10-15 Iraq

Retired General John Batiste Provides Spark for Broken Troops

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-10-15 13:10|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 GulfUSMCBravo:

Zinni, Batiste and Sanchez are all going thru post-arguing with Rumsfeld shock. They are all old school. Dave Patreaus is also old school with a stronger will toward continuous improvement. He is like a college professor of chemistry who gets some government grant to experiment and create "flubber'. He is in hog heaven since he gets to prove his CI doctrine is working and is the story-book of the future. Those other guys want to fight the Battle of the Bulge all over again in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in cities, etc. They are mentally, a half-century behind Petraeus and his contemporaries and they resent it and want to blame, Bush, Rummy and Pete Pace. Its almost as if they were never there.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-15 14:02|| 2007-10-15 14:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Jack: These are the guys in charge and had W's ear when we were failing (Not Winning). They failed and look bad in light of the recent success. This is all post Retirement CMA BS for their place in history.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-10-15 14:35|| 2007-10-15 14:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't get Batiste & Sanchez -- if things are bad, okay, say so. If things were so unbearable while you had the reigns as the commander on the scene why not quit in protest?? However this seems a too late carping session and a tad too much chicken-little for my taste.

Zinni was bitching about iraqi intervention back in 2003 so that's no surprise. I respect Zinni but obviously disagree w/him.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-10-15 18:02|| 2007-10-15 18:02|| Front Page Top

#4 We'll all be better off when the boomers are gone. The elites especially are rotten.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-15 18:57|| 2007-10-15 18:57|| Front Page Top

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