This Is Complete Bullshit

A group of retired generals have come out in support of Donald Rumsfeld, and they had this to say about Generals Zinni and Newbold's recent criticism of Rumsfeld:

"It unfortunately appears that two of the retired generals (Messrs. Zinni and Newbold) do not understand the true nature of this radical ideology, Islamic extremism, and why we fight in Iraq. We suggest they listen to the tapes of United 93."

Excuse me? How many Iraqi hijackers were aboard United Flight 93 again?

Geesus, it's one thing for the troops to be ignorant on issues like this. Eighty-five percent of our soldiers in Iraq think the U.S. invaded that country to "retaliate for Saddam's role in the 9-11 attacks," and this ridiculously high percentage obviously reflects the ability of the U.S. military to effectively disseminate propaganda within the ranks. [They're not buying into all the bullshit, however -- to their credit, 72% of these troops think the U.S. should exit Iraq within the next year.]

But it speaks volumes that the retired generals who have come out in support of Rumsfeld had to knowingly lie in order to do it. At least I hope they knew they were lying -- if they actually thought they were telling the truth, then I'm glad these guys are retired because we can't afford such idiocy in the upper ranks of our military. Hell, even our Imbecile President has begrudgingly admitted that Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11.