Rumsfeld's War
Posted on November 02, 2004
The Frontline documentary, Rumsfeld's War is now available online. The joint project between PBS and The Washington Post is an interesting take on the real players behind the scenes and how the civilian leadership (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Cheney) basically bitch-slapped the uniformed military command at the pentagon into submission, thus botching the Iraq war planning.
What I found most interesting was the complete reversal of roles from the uniformed military command (Powell) dealing with the press day in and day out during the first gulf war, and the secretary of defense (Cheney) off to the side, to the present day operation with the secretary of defense (Rumsfeld) taking control and uniformed military command (General Myers) in the background.
Sure, Bush seems as incompetent as a five year old, and I wouldn't trust him to make me a sandwich, but people shouldn’t ignore the real brains (or lack of) behind the curtain, with their ideological assumptions of how to use and abuse American power.
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The documentary seems interesting.I want to read it.
By the way, Bush didn't think about the outcome of Iraq War.
I hope that kerry is elected in the next election.
::posted by: Osamu at November 2, 2004 04:06 PM
