"NOMOREWARFORISRAEL" <NOMOREWAR_FORISRAEL@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Generals to quit if US strikes Iran
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> http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=44700§ionid=351020101
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> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:49:33
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> Some senior US military commanders are prepared to resign if President
> Bush orders a military strike against Iran, a new report says.
> Additional at following URL:
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> http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=71055&start=620
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Old news actually. I can't see how they wouldn't have the support
of the vast majority of American citizens.
IRAQ -- ACTIVE DUTY GENERALS WILL "REVOLT" AGAINST BUSH
IF HE MAINTAINS ESCALATION INTO 2008:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/13/generals-revolt/
excerpted from: "The Progress Report"
by Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel,
Satyam Khanna, and Matt Corley
Appearing on NBC's Chris Matthews Show yesterday, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker reveals
that sources within the military are warning of "a revolt from
active-duty generals if September rolls around and the president
is sticking with the surge into '08.'" Noting that retired generals
such as Gen. John Baptiste have already begun voicing their
discontent with the President's strategy in Iraq, Tucker added
that the generals "don't want to fall by the wayside like the
generals in Vietnam did, kept pushing a war that they knew was
lost." When President Bush vetoed the Iraq timeline legislation
earlier this month, he claimed that "the measure would 'impose
impossible conditions on our commanders in combat' by forcing
them to 'take fighting directions from politicians 6,000 miles away
in Washington, DC." But despite past claims that "the right force
level" will be determined by "the sober judgment of our military
leaders," the Bush administration has a proven track record of
disregarding the advice of military leaders. As recently as last
December, when the White House was first pushing its escalation
plan, the administration explicitly ignored "the unanimous disagreement
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff." If Tucker's sources are correct, it appears
the commanders on the ground in Iraq are getting tired of "taking fighting
directions" from the politician "6,000 miles away" in the White House.
And they might not stay quiet for long.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/18/AR2006121801477.html
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