U.S. generals call for Democratic takeover

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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/25/generals/

Disgusted with the leadership of the Iraq war, two retired generals say the GOP must go. Plus: More than 100 current military personnel join a campaign to get the U.S. out of Iraq -- now.

By Mark Benjamin

Oct. 25, 2006 | WASHINGTON -- Two retired senior Army generals, who served in Iraq and previously voted Republican, are now openly endorsing a Democratic takeover of Congress. The generals, and an active-duty senior military official, told Salon in separate interviews that they believe a Democratic victory will help reverse course from what they consider to be a disastrous Bush administration policy in Iraq. The two retired generals, Maj. Gen. John Batiste and Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, first openly criticized the handling of the war last spring, when they called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

"The best thing that can happen right now is for one or both of our houses to go Democratic so we can have some oversight," Batiste, who led the Army's 1st Infantry Division in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, told Salon. Batiste describes himself as a "lifelong Republican." But now, he said, "It is time for a change."

[WildEyedLiberal]

1. Eaton said "You couldn't torture me enough to vote for Kerry"

What a stupid fucking piece of shit - and NOW he decides the war is a clusterfuck and we should vote for Democrats because Bush is the worst president ever?

Hell, as long as you didn't vote for that Commie Kerry! :eyes:

You know, the candidate who actually fucking knows what it's like to see combat.

Seriously, I hate these macho crotch-grabbing assholes. I'm sick of bending over backwards to give them a hero's welcome because they realized three years too late that Iraq is a disaster and Bush is a callous incompetent piece of shit.

Sorry, I'm bitter.