Spoke up
Admiral David Lamar Mc Donald was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam War . Many years later he said: "Maybe we military men were all weak . Maybe we should have stood up and pounded the table... I was part of it and I'm sort of ashamed of myself too. At times I wonder, why did I go along with this kind of stuff".
Brent Scowcroft, the national security adviser for George H. W. Bush, counseled against the occupation of Iraq at the end of the first gulf war. He said, "At the minimum, we'd be an occupier in a hostile land. Our forces would be sniped at by guerrillas, and, once we were there, how would we get out?"
Richard Clarke reported that within hours of the attack on 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld was suggesting Iraq as a battlefield, not because the enemy that attacked us was there, but because it offered "better targets" than the elusive bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Rumsfeld publicly rebuked Army's Chief of Staff, General Eric Shinseki, after he dared to tell the truth that several hundred thousand troops would be required to secure Iraq. Consequently, our troops are unable to provide security and Iraq has become a terrorist haven.
Marine General Anthony Zinni established his impeccable credentials during nearly forty years of military service. He served as Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East, before disagreements over the Iraq war caused him to resign. For speaking out Zinni was called a traitor and turncoat by Pentagon officials. To those that claim that as long as troops are dying, it is morally reprehensible to criticize the flawed policies and tactics that caused the predicament. Zinni says:"Bullshit.".
Senior member of the our intelligence community, Michael Scheuer has decades of experience in national security issues. Scheuer wrote "Imperial Hubris", which states: "We must recognize that our invasion of Iraq was not preemptive; it was an avarice, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat but whose defeat did offer economic advantages."
Scowcroft, Clarke, Shinseki, Zinni and Scheuer and many other knowledgeable patriotic Americans stood up and spoke out, but Bush's propaganda drowned them out.
Brent Scowcroft, the national security adviser for George H. W. Bush, counseled against the occupation of Iraq at the end of the first gulf war. He said, "At the minimum, we'd be an occupier in a hostile land. Our forces would be sniped at by guerrillas, and, once we were there, how would we get out?"
Richard Clarke reported that within hours of the attack on 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld was suggesting Iraq as a battlefield, not because the enemy that attacked us was there, but because it offered "better targets" than the elusive bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Rumsfeld publicly rebuked Army's Chief of Staff, General Eric Shinseki, after he dared to tell the truth that several hundred thousand troops would be required to secure Iraq. Consequently, our troops are unable to provide security and Iraq has become a terrorist haven.
Marine General Anthony Zinni established his impeccable credentials during nearly forty years of military service. He served as Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East, before disagreements over the Iraq war caused him to resign. For speaking out Zinni was called a traitor and turncoat by Pentagon officials. To those that claim that as long as troops are dying, it is morally reprehensible to criticize the flawed policies and tactics that caused the predicament. Zinni says:"Bullshit.".
Senior member of the our intelligence community, Michael Scheuer has decades of experience in national security issues. Scheuer wrote "Imperial Hubris", which states: "We must recognize that our invasion of Iraq was not preemptive; it was an avarice, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat but whose defeat did offer economic advantages."
Scowcroft, Clarke, Shinseki, Zinni and Scheuer and many other knowledgeable patriotic Americans stood up and spoke out, but Bush's propaganda drowned them out.
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