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The Swamp: Cheney: Obama 'dithering' in Afghan war
The Swamp: Cheney: Obama 'dithering' in Afghan war
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: Retired General Slams Cheney As "Incompetent War Fighter"
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RT @dumbassified American hero Gen. Paul Eaton: "Dick Cheney was incompetent war fighter" http://bit.ly/1JzLd4 #gop #cheney #war 10/24/2009 |
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Gen. Eaton: Dick Cheney Was "Incompetent War Fighter" http://bit.ly/1JzLd4 #p2 #tcot 10/24/2009 |
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RT @schillingfan: RT @Laura_H108: Oh SNAP! Retired Gen. Eaton Blasts Cheney as "Incompetent War Fighter" http://bit.ly/1JzLd4 10/24/2009 |
Cheney: Obama 'dithering' in Afghan war
The Swamp —
... As for Cheney, Retired Army Gen. Paul Eaton, who oversaw training of the Iraqi military from 2003-4, had this to say: "The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for seven years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. ...
Cheney: Obama 'dithering' in Afghan war
The Swamp —
... As for Cheney, Retired Army Gen. Paul Eaton, who oversaw training of the Iraqi military from 2003-4, had this to say: "The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for seven years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. ...
Retired General Slams Cheney As "Incompetent War Fighter"
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... 11. The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy 'experts' have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the considerable mess they left behind, they continue to defend torture or rewrite a legacy of indifference on Afghanistan. Simply put, Mr. Cheney sees history throughout extremely myopic and partisan eyes. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/national-secur... http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/1442 original link (very testy)
Dick can't stop talking
Political Animal —
... at recent history. The Bush White House delivered a major review of Afghanistan [in December 2008] that echoed that judgment, acknowledged that a modern Afghan democracy -- stable and free of extremists -- may be both unattainable and unaffordable, and said that the United States may have to accept trade-offs among priorities. "We have no strategic plan. We never had one," a senior U.S. military commander said of the Bush years. Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton explained today : The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ...
Lamar Alexander Slams Cheney, Defends Obama
democracyarsenal.org —
... and a retired military officer more serious about national security than partisan sniping responded forcefully to Cheney's absurd attacks. Call me surprised, then, when one of those level-headed politicians offering a sobering rebuttal of the former Vice President turned out to be Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, who today said: ...
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Opinionator —
... that did it. Robert Gibbs, the White House Press secretary countered today: “What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform. I think we’ve all seen what happens when somebody doesn’t take that responsibility seriously.” Oh, yes he did. Gibbs drew much attention today for his snarky responses to Cheney’s speech, giving the heretofore unfathomable impression that someone was picking on Dick Cheney. Gibbs had s ome back up from retired Army Gen. Paul Eaton , who oversaw the training of the Iraqi military ...
Mike's Blog Round Up
Crooks and Liars —
... that our country is paying huge, steep price for it now. In the case of Dick Cheney, he has forgotten that he was the one that dropped the ball on Afghanistan by insisting on a failed, costly in lives and treasure, war in Iraq. Oh man, when is that fake metal heart going to give out..... Seriously, aren't you happy that you faked a world into an illegal war that increased your family's Halliburton stock hundreds of percent???? Gen. Eaton: Dick Cheney Was "Incompetent War Fighter" - http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/1442 Atheists are better humans than most others: Godless ...
US general/hero blasts Cheney over 'dithering' comment
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... As one deeply invested in the Armed Forces of this country, I am grateful for the senior military commanders assigned to leading this fight and the men and women fighting on the ground. But I dismiss men like Cheney who inject partisan politics into the profound deliberations our Commander-in-Chief and commanders on the ground are having to develop a cohesive and comprehensive strategy, bringing to bear the economic and diplomatic as well as the military power, for Afghanistan -- something Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld never did. ...
General Eaton Blasts Cheney Over "Dithering" Criticism
Library Grape —
... National Security Senior Adviser Gen. Paul Eaton (Ret.), who served more than 30 years in the United States Army and oversaw the training of the Iraqi military, responded to Mr Five Deferments’ ...
