"Don't blame Rumsfeld for what is happening in Iraq, blame the generals"

[wholetruth00]

Boehner on CNN with Wolf. So now the Repubs want to blame the "generals?" Are the generals on the ground not part of the troops over there? Wolf didn't even blink.

[blm]

1. Heheh....and THIS is how corporate media protects BushInc by ALLOWING

the generals and troops on the ground to take the blame for their failed strategies.

BushInc ABUSING THE TROOPS, as usual.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. But just don't blame the GOP fools that run the circus in DC

What a Boner this guy is............

[tk2kewl]

3. That's almost as bad as Ghoul-iani during the '04 campaign

When all of those explosives were left unguarded and disappeared he said it wasn't Bush's fault it was the soldiers fault

[valerief]

4. Boehner has DEVIL eyes. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Looks like one of those dogs with icy-blue eyes.

[QuidditchFan]

5. The difference between this statement and Kerry's statement:

Kerry's statement was an accident, whereas Boehner just displaced intentional contempt for our men and women in uniform.

[JHB]

6. Way to support the troops, Bonehead!

If the generals were to blame, then Rummy would still be to blame for not firing them.

But it was Rummy's plan: using too few troops, with too light equipment, and assuming all plans working perfectly, all variables falling the "right" way.

Since when has that kind of planning EVER been anything but a prescription for military disaster?

[Marr]

7. Blame the troops first.

Oh, the sailors put up that "Mission Accomplished" sign! Them!

[johnnyrocket]

8. That's because the GOP hates our troops!

They really, REALLY do. Distain, and disrespect.

[TahitiNut]

9. Boehner should apologize to the military for blaming them.

Fucking coward.

[Joe for Clark]

10. I think some of our general officers need to answer

some serious questions about just how it is they went along with this non-sense.

They knew better. And I would expect a lot more from United States officers.

SO -I don't think this is just about Rumsfeld either - God, I can't believe I just agreed with that idiot.

Joe

[Disturbed]

13. Uh..who is the Commander In Chief?

The Generals follow orders. Tommy Franks agreed with Rumsfailed regarding the Illegal Invasion of Iraq. Read the book "Fiasco".

[Joe for Clark]

26. Well, according to Bu*h he does what his generals tell him.

Not that I believe the tripe - HOWEVER.

Sure appears to me that some people were looking for promotion first and readily said what he wanted to here - AND THEY KNEW BETTER.

The United States counts on its officer corp - they are the ultimate defenders of the constitution.

They need to be looked at. Read the book? - Are you serious??

This isn't about a book - it IS about the way our officer corp stands up to BS.

Joe

[robertpaulsen]

12. "Blame the generals"?! And the media thinks KERRY insulted the troops?!

This is too much. Everyone please K&R this. I hope Olbermann notes this stunning hypocrisy.

Oh yeah, and fuck you Leslie Blitzer, you pale shadow of a reporter.

[Ilsa]

15. Ooooohhhhhh Maaannnnn! This is great! Every Dem needs to headline

this slam of the generals and military!

[robertpaulsen]

19. Exactly!

Let's keep this at the top so more people can recommend this and spread the word!

[blm]

23. GET THE VIDEO ON YouTube. QUICKLY.

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[anarch]

14. hmmm yeah lemme think about that one...no.

What a jackass.

With that kind of logic, why stop there? Don't blame the generals, blame the junior officers. No wait, they're probably doing the best they can...let's blame the enlisted personnel. If only each and every one of them fought like Rambo, we'd have finished killing every man, woman, and child in Iraq right down to the lizards by now. It's their fault. Couldn't possibly be the fault of the people who put them in this untenable situation in the first place....

[Postman]

16. He actually said that?!?

Who's blaking the troops now?

Can you imagine someome in the Clinton Administration saying sucha thing how balistic the media would go??

[wholetruth00]

18. Someone correct me if I am wrong but that is what I heard.

And I also heard Wolf gloss over the statement like it was a sage response.

[chill_wind]

24. Yes. He did indeed. I actually had to run in the next room to see who it was!

closely paraphrasing:

Boehner: don't blame Rumsfeld. He's the best S.O.D. the Pentagon's ever had.

Blitzer: But Rumsfeld is in charge.

Boehner: The Generals on the ground are in charge.

[Xenotime]

17. I blame the whole dam GOP. They started by stealing elections..

and will finish with the rape and plunder of America.

[Caoimhe]

20. Shameless

Boehner is such a bonehead.

I say.. BRING IT ON PUKES!! As your hole gets deeper.. keep on digging!

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Wolf isn't paid to blink or to think...just to stink.

And sink to the bottom, with the rest of the GOP propaganda tools on TV.

[liberaldemocrat7]

29. Wolf Blitzer once worked for Pat Robertson and CBN

When I read about that, I vowed not to watch him again.

I stopped watching CNN in December 2005.

[chill_wind]

22. Christ. Imagine a powerful Dem saying that and dissing the troops. Oh wait--

they're desperately trying to pretend one actually did.

[blogslut]

25. Wrong Mr. "Boner"

It's Rumsfeld. It's all Rumsfeld. Well, Rumsfeld + the gross negligence of his enabler Bush

[3121guitarist]

27. You always blame the leadership

You never blame the troops. Responsibility is always most in the hands of the managers.

[devilgrrl]

28. He should apologize!!!!

:grr: