Why does Condi Rice hate the military?
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Lt Gen Gregory Newbold was once the Director of Operations at the Pentagon. He retired in December 2002, four months before the invasion of Iraq.
Writing in Time, he says that he has a lot of regrets about not speaking out more forcefully against the war in Iraq while it was in its planning stages. He also doesn't care for Condi Rice:
...Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that "we" made the "right strategic decisions" but made thousands of "tactical errors" is an outrage. It reflects an effort to obscure gross errors in strategy by shifting the blame for failure to those who have been resolute in fighting. The truth is, our forces are successful in spite of the strategic guidance they receive, not because of it...This is getting ugly now.
Add that to reports that the Pentagon brass is reeeeeallllllllly upset about plans to use nukes in Iran, well, it sounds like the wheels are coming off the wagon.
Who's in charge here?
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