Comments on: General Revolt

By: larkohio

larkohio — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:36:47 +0000

I agree with you Bryan. He does it because they cannot disagree with him. Captive audience. You don’t think he would actually talk to folks like us do you? I know you don’t.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:40:50 +0000

Lark, the worst thing the Shrubbery has done is to pull active duty military into politics. Having uniforms at political events is inherently un-American.

Karen, if we don’t start doing something about global warming Florida will cease to exist.

Bobby, don’t ever consider any of my headlines as literal. I wonder if Luke realizes that these guys are almost always registered Republicans.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:51:09 +0000

Completely not appropriate, but your title reminds me of the line from History of the World, Part I with Mel Brooks as King Louis XVI. Someone says, “Your majesty, the peasants are revolting!” and the king replies, “Yeah, they stink on ice!”

Anyway… what I’ve been getting from my Republican pal “Luke” is that the generals are looking for face-time on cable TV and book advances…

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:18:36 +0000

Gore also understands the Major THREAT ot the U.S. ( as assessed even by the military) is Global Warming (not Terrorism) …and would – as he has been traveling around the country on this issue – be ready to take the steps to ameliorate this as much as the US can.

How i Wish we could get a few smart, responsible Grown-Ups to take charge here!!!

By: larkohio

larkohio — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:12:32 +0000

True, Bryan, but we are in deep trouble currently. Desperate times call for desperate measures, unfortunately.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:45:31 +0000

Andante, real wars are easier to fight than counter-insurgencies and we have a lot of people with combat experience to train the new people. A lot of people who refuse to fight for the Shrubbery are ready and able to fight for the United States. If there is a real war and a real enemy we can not only fight, but win.

Lark, this is totally unprecedented. I hope it never gets so bad that serving officers feel obligated to speak out, that would really fracture the military.

By: larkohio

larkohio — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:28:31 +0000

When many generals complain and speak out common sense demands something should be done to correct the problem. Nothing will be done. (sigh)

By: andante

andante — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:25:06 +0000

There will never be any doubt in my mind that thousands will respond to a REAL threat to this country. I think the real question is – is the ‘talent pool’ big enough and would there be TIME to train volunteers? And qualified people to train them?

God forbid there is any real threat while the current crop or their spiritual spawn are in charge. If they responded to a true national security threat the way they responded to Katrina….

I second Gore/Clark or Clark/Gore. But I can’t blame Gore for saying ‘no’ after his shameful treatment.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:53:22 +0000

Thanks, Bryan; I feel better already. I don’t expect this to be easy; no one ever promised me that. Well, actually, the Shrub did, but I never believed him. I just have to hold in mind the notion that we can in fact recover and protect our nation as a representative democracy with reasonable liberties. As long as I believe that, I can endure all sorts of unpleasantness along the path.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:22:30 +0000

We can defend the United States, there is no question of that. We have the weapons and the trained people who would respond if there was a real threat to the country. there are a lot of us “old coots” who could and would respond if there was a credible threat.

What we can’t do is nickel and dime the military and select weapons systems based on politics rather than performance. If we weren’t squandering our military on these mad adventures, we could recruit and train the people we need. We have done it before and can do it again.

It’s the same problem as Vietnam: the civilians are micromanaging the military and they don’t understand what the military needs to accomplish the goals set.

Gore and Clark would be a great ticket and great for the country. Gore knows how to streamline bureaucracy and promote efficiency. He understands the problems and knows what the solution are. Clark understands national security issues.

With a minimal cooperation from Congress, we can turn this mess around.