As Policy Decisions Loom, a Code of Silence Is Broken - New York Times

...and the Mutiny continues, as it should.

Unless the military is willing to tell the truth, we are all doomed, because it is fairly certain nothing the rest of us say registers with anyone. After all, we are only the people. What do we know.

Just a focus group, Junior says; a focus group that was right, while he, Vice and Rummy were wrong!

As Policy Decisions Loom, a Code of Silence Is Broken - New York Times: "WASHINGTON, April 15 � The call by some retired generals for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation is more than an effort to assign blame for the problems that the United States has encountered in Iraq. It also reflects concern that military voices are not being given sufficient weight in the Bush administration's deliberations, as well as unease about the important decisions that lie ahead.
In going public with their criticism, the generals have broken an informal code of silence among officers that is rooted in the longstanding reluctance of the military to openly challenge the civilian leadership of the Defense Department. That tradition has been questioned since the Vietnam War, a conflict in which generals who doubted Pentagon leaders did not oppose decisions that they thought were ill-advised.
Some of the generals challenging Mr. Rumsfeld have said they regret not speaking up while they were on active duty."