Bloggers fanning the controversy over Rumsfeld - The Boston Globe

There will always be those who are loyal to their leader, even if he is leading them over a cliff

There are also soldiers who cannot fit in here, anymore. There were quite few like that during Vietnam. The only place they felt half-way sane was in the war-zone. So they re-up

Then there are those who see the bigger picture. Those who see danger from within.

We cannot expect wisdom out of a 20 some-old year olds. The Generals and other old-timers from almost every executive agency can inpart wisom and I hope Americans hear them?

Bloggers fanning the controversy over Rumsfeld - The Boston Globe:


"WASHINGTON -- The war of words between Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and former generals has spread to the lower ranks as soldiers, recent war vets, and Pentagon civilians alike use a growing number of Web logs on the Internet to sound off on their current and former bosses.

Many who run the independent sites, which tend to defend the Iraq war against criticism by politicians and media, are backing Rumsfeld, while some bloggers, most writing under assumed names, have joined the call for a fresh start.

One widely accessible site operated by those still in uniform, the ''Countercolumn' at iraqnow.blogspot.com, has awarded one of the retired generals a ''that-was-then-this-is-now' award for criticizing the invasion even though he had previously said Iraq was a danger to the United States.
The site, which serves as a portal for other military blogs such as ''American Citizen Soldier,' ''BlackFive,' as well as official military websites, also links to a ''Let's Get Rummy' timeline dating back to 2003 -- an obvious slap at opponents who have called for his removal before but have failed.