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Talk about a job as pre-doomed as being head of NASA:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/...pology/?hpt=T1 Pat |
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On 6/23/2010 4:13 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article tatelephone, says... Talk about a job as pre-doomed as being head of NASA: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/...pology/?hpt=T1 Yea, he's boned. Now, General Petraeus gets to take a crack at it again: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5630483.story No wonder he keeled over in a dead faint in Congress... he probably saw this coming with the inevitability of a Great White Shark heading towards its prey. "You get into the cage...cage goes into the water...shark's in the water. ....Farewell, my fine military career...for I shall see you no more..." Pat |
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On 6/23/2010 2:31 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
No wonder he keeled over in a dead faint in Congress... he probably saw this coming with the inevitability of a Great White Shark heading towards its prey. "You get into the cage...cage goes into the water...shark's in the water. ...Farewell, my fine military career...for I shall see you no more..." I like this: "I welcome debate," Obama said, "but I won't tolerate division." Uhhh...Blackbird, doesn't any good debate _start_ with division regarding what should be done? Pat |
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:01:50 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote: "I welcome debate," Obama said, "but I won't tolerate division." Uhhh...Blackbird, doesn't any good debate _start_ with division regarding what should be done? The President was being polite calling it 'division'. That was insubordination in no uncertain terms. My god, what was McCrystal thinking? I think historians are going to be trying to figure this one out for a very long time. Brian |
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On Jun 23, 7:28*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:01:50 -0800, Pat Flannery wrote: "I welcome debate," Obama said, "but I won't tolerate division." Uhhh...Blackbird, doesn't any good debate _start_ with *division regarding what should be done? The President was being polite calling it 'division'. That was insubordination in no uncertain terms. My god, what was McCrystal thinking? I think historians are going to be trying to figure this one out for a very long time. Brian mc crystal will be noted as a visonary. if your going to make war overhelming force is the best way |
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On Jun 23, 8:07*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Talk about a job as pre-doomed as being head of NASA: There's an idea for how he could continue to lead a life of public service as a civilian... John Savard |
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On Jun 23, 5:28*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
The President was being polite calling it 'division'. That was insubordination in no uncertain terms. My god, what was McCrystal thinking? That brave American boys fighting the terrorist scum murdering innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan were dying needlessly? This sort of thing can warp one's objectivity, and drive one to react in an emotional manner. You don't get to be a General in the United States Army by being dispassionate, objective, and unemotional by nature; such people become scientists and engineers, or perhaps - given the details of the qualities required - civil servants or lawyers, and if fate makes them soldiers, they are not particularly effective soldiers. So, while I can't condone his conduct, even if I am sympathetic to his analysis, these things happen. If you want them to happen less often, if you ask your soldiers to fight, do everything you can to help them win. You don't often see a senior civil servant resigning in a huff or speaking out of turn, say, because children are being sexually abused in foster homes more often than necessary because the government involved considers keeping government expenditures (and taxes) down more urgent. If people like _that_ were made generals of our armies, though, you would see the *troops* mutiny considerably more often. Better the odd McChrystal or MacArthur than that. Far better. John Savard |
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