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• 1. Mr. Baseball  |  March 25th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

  I caught some of the CNN retrospective on the war the other day. The comments of Donald Rumsfeld during the first year of the war should infuriate every American.

• 2. Pat Cunningham  |  March 25th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

  The two-parter on PBS, “Bush’s War,” also makes Rummy and the rest of that gang look awful. It’s amazing the extent to which Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Wolfy and the rest of them resisted the best advice of the generals. The result: Disaster.

• 3. Mike Carroll  |  March 26th, 2008 at 8:22 am

  For a bit of historical perspective, read The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam. You will discover that the mismanagement of an American war is hardly the exception and, surprise, surprise seems to be well within the province of a Democratic Saint, Harry Truman. Think 4000 deaths is a lot. Try 50,000. Think 4 years of war/occupation is a lot. Try 50+. BTW, I think Truman was a very good President. If the Democratic party of today was still Truman’s party, I’d be a member. Today Truman would be a Republican. See Zell Miller.

• 4. Henry  |  March 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

  Mike - Are you saying Truman’s mistake justifies W’s blunder?

• 5. Pat Cunningham  |  March 26th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

  Mike: If the Republican Party of today was still Lincoln’s party, I’d be a member. Today, Lincoln would be a Democrat. Screw Zell Miller.

• 6. Mike Carroll  |  March 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  Henry-nope. I’m saying that huge mistakes in the prosecution of a war are common. Hell, Lincoln had to go through how many Generals before he found Grant. The blunders of Generals, Politicians and Presidents in World War II cost untold thousands of lives. Think Battle of the Bulge for an obvious example.
  My only point is you need to keep things in historical perspective and the opponents of the Iraq war think history started in the 60’s. I am certainly not arguing that the prosecution of the Iraq war has been perfect. It hasn’t, but no war is ever ought perfectly.
  Hope that answers your question.

• 7. Mike Carroll  |  March 26th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

  Before I am eviscerated by the grammer police, ought should be fought in the 2nd to last line.

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