Comments on: Pentagon chief making mark as enforcer of accountability

By: GUYK

GUYK — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:56:18 +0000

I have not kept p with 0-7 and above promotions since I retired but I have a suspicion many of the losers wearing stars right now are part of the bunch that was kissing Clinton’s butt when Slick Willie raped the military..saved a lot of money I reckon by cutting back and it made him look good. But we are paying the price for it now with weak kneed star rank and a military force half the size that we need.

By: Basti

Basti — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:04:46 +0000

Anyone who has been in the military knows that CYA is the order of the day. There will be a few ‘retirements’ that will in the near future generate a spate of ‘tell all book’s and the ‘talk circuit’ will be alive.Then it will all go back to the way it was. I’ve seen this sort of thing in the military and in civilian business a 1000 times. Nothing ever really changes (Well we don’t lop their heads off now in the West, but that’s about the only change) and hasn’t in several thousand years.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:32:52 +0000

Welp, that’s one thing on the short list of things Bush has done right. Sad it took him so long to do it though. Hopefully, we won’t have an Obama administration at all!!!!

By: Cary

Cary — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:38:05 +0000

Hey, BZ – isn’t that what happened under Carter?Reagan fixed it, but it took years before the military was back up to snuff, then Clintoon went and undid everything…

By: Bloviating Zeppelin

Bloviating Zeppelin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:39:52 +0000

First, you’ll see retirements. Then people simply won’t re-up. Then you’ll witness RIFs like you’ve never seen before. Then you’ll see what’s left utilized for “humanitarian” missions and/or to supplement UN forces on same. Budgets will be cut. Programs axed. Do you recall the US, under Clinton, was a few weeks away from a major mutiny of a number of Generals? I submit that might occur under an Obama Administration.BZ