Army Times, and Other Military Publications Call For Rumsfelds Ouster
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on November 6th, 2006 10:43 am by HL
You know it is bad, when the newspapers that represent the military say to throw the bastard out…
Military Times editorial: ‘Rumsfeld must go’
Army Times
Excerpt:
“So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion … it is necessary to tell the hard bruising truth.â€
That statement was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Marguerite Higgins more than a half-century ago during the Korean War.
But until recently, the “hard bruising†truth about the Iraq war has been difficult to come by from leaders in Washington.
One rosy reassurance after another has been handed down by President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: “mission accomplished,†the insurgency is “in its last throes,†and “back off,†we know what we’re doing, are a few choice examples.
Army Times editor explains timing of Rumsfeld criticism
Raw Story
Excerpt:
In this video clip, Army Times editor Robert Hodierne explains the timing of an editorial published today in the Military Times papers that calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Hodierne explains, “We did it right now because, last week, president Bush renewed his vows with the Secretary and said that the Secretary would be around for the balance of the two years of the president’s term. We thought that was the wrong decision and took the opportunity to do so.”
H.L.s Take:
These are newspapers and magazines written by soldiers, for soldiers. These guys know what is really going on over there. They are the ones getting shot at everyday. They live this war 24 Hours a day. So anyone going to argue with them that you know more then they do?????
