Why Admirals Are Airheads And Should Never Be Put In Charge Of Anything
It's the Navy culture, stupid.
Bush's hand-picked leader of the massive fuckup war on terror in the Middle East, Navy Admiral William J. Fallon, told CNN's Kyra Phillips today that:
...Iraq isn't in a civil war...but is driven by "small factions fighting each other." -- Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, CENTCOMOops, isn't that the definition of a civil war?
According to the latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, the official assessment by intelligence agencies in the US government:
"The intelligence community judges that the term "civil war" does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict in Iraq, which includes extensive Shiite-on-Shiite violence, al-Qaida and Sunni insurgent attacks on Coalition forces, and widespread criminally motivated violence," an unclassified summary of the new NIE released Friday said.By all reports, Admiral Fallon is "...doon a heckuva job."
"Nonetheless, the term 'civil war' accurately describes key elements of the Iraqi conflict, including the hardening of ethno-sectarian identities, a sea change in the character of the violence, ethno-sectarian mobilization, and population displacements," the NIE summary said.
No comments:
Post a Comment