Today's editorial from the
HutchNews Quote:
Gates is one to watch
His nomination could signal shift in Iraq policy
There will be a lot of piling on in coming days over Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's forced departure (lurker edit: Did the Commander in Chief say it was forced?) from the Pentagon.
Those who have called for Rumsfeld's resignation in recent months run the gamut from top military brass to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The 2006 election season saw many candidates use the war in Iraq as a campaign issue. And Tuesday's results - which gave Democrats control of Congress - was perceived both as a call for President George W. Bush to change course and for Rumsfeld's resignation.
But the most telling sign that Rumsfeld had become a liability the administration no longer can afford came earlier this week in an editorial in the Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times that called for Rumsfeld's ouster.
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Clearly, Tuesday's national election results and the editorial in (cough-cough) military newspapers put the Bush administration on notice that a majority of Americans no longer want to "stay the course" in Iraq.
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Anywhoo, forced or not isn't the issue I have with that piece. The Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times are all owned & published by those fine folks who also own & publish USA Today:
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That editorial would have you believe those rags are official military publications, or sumpt'n like that. Don't fall for it.
Army, what's your opinion of those "times" publications?