Chiefs Demoted in Pentagon Succession Line
Yeah, the secretary of the army. What does he/she know? Better to have a Rumsfeld crony at the top of the list. Another question: If your Iraq scapegoat is the intelligence services and intelligence-gathering apparatus, then why promote those people in the hierarchy?
Here's a little scorecard for the involved individuals:
Bush/Cheney intelligence guys said:
- There is WMD in Iraq.
- Everyone in Iraq will welcome us with open arms.
- Just a couple hundred thousand troops should do the trick.
- Pay no attention to any intelligence that contradicts any of the first three!
Secretaries of the armed forces said:
- Sure we can take it, but we can't hold it. Our troops are trained to kill, not police.
- We need to prepare (body armor, Jeep Kevlar) better before we invade.
- A couple hundred thousand? You're nuts. (See Colin Powell -- gone and John Shalikashvili --gone)
- The no-fly zones are working.
So...we'll go ahead and promote the first group, and demote the second. What do they know?
TVoR
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