General McCaffrey is on Hardball Right Now -------says that

[Jon8503]

Bush is holding back troops trying to minimize the number of fatalities before the election. As a result 50 days out from the election, we are conceding land to the enemy which he says is a mistake. We will have to take it back. Dangerous move.

In other words playing politics with the war and our troops.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. How would he know? nt

[Jon8503]

3. He was over there earlier, thats how, he is one of the military analysts

on MSNBC, CNN & others all the time. Guess you have never seen him.

[JI7]

6. he probably has connections within the government also

leaking info to him

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Sy Hersh gets all the leaks too

I have never seen (nor will) these cables shows either, to answer the original post.

[Renew Deal]

5. I agree with him.

Haven't you noticed all the news about no go zones? Why do you think they aren't going there? ALso have you noticed the news about how we are going to take it back? When is that going to happen? I bet after Nov. 2.

[iwantmycountryback]

19. In addition the other posts

He was a general in the first Gulf War.

[cheshire]

2. GD * thinks this is a f**king game. Oh how I hate Morons

[opihimoimoi]

12. Even on PLANETSIDE, a Cyber military war game, one of the

first things you learn, is to join forces in a cohesive way to earn Battle Points...which promotes advancement in Ranking...leading to more power and influence.

If Bush were to play this game..he would take a long time to reach BR 20 and higher.

[gratuitous]

16. He's playing Risk

And waiting for his turn to cash in his cards to get the bonus armies. In Risk, you don't have to worry about no stinkin' supply lines, or troop fatigue, or rotations, or all that girlie-man stuff. If you need more armies, you just dip into the box!

[JI7]

4. McCaffrey defended John Kerry and Wes Clark he can be trusted

he defended kerry against the swift boat liars and defended clark against shelton.

[AlCzervik]

10. plus Robert Novak doesn't like him

months ago on Crossfire he made some noises about him being a hack.

[demnan]

7. You know

that has been my gut feeling for a long time.

Here's the heartbreak -

You have honest soldiers who are trained to kill, subdo the enemy by whatever means -

They get caught up in the political cowpie and what you have is a government that knows their war is immoral and pursues it anyway but doesn't back the soldiers they've commanded and sent into harm's way.

VietRaq, anyone?

[BootinUp]

8. Oh my, That is a HUGE charge to make.

Go General!!

[speedoo]

9. We don't need McCaffrey to tell us this.

It's very obvious, just from the straight news. Did he talk about the Najaf debacle in which Al Sadr was allowed to walk away after his militia killed US soldiers?

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. We need men and women like McCaffrey to say it in public

It's not about what you and I suspect or know, it's about who the public will trust and why. Go get him General!!!

[JI7]

15. yes, but the fact it comes from a General means something

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. This would explain the Najaf pullback

American GI's died in that 3 week battle.

[ClintonTyree]

17. Bush has ..........................

already snuffed over 1,00 American lives because of a personal vendetta. What's a few hundred more to get him elected? He has no conscience, he's a proven liar and if there is a God in heaven he'll get his just reward very soon.

[LittleClarkie]

20. I know someone

who was told he'd better "Get right with God" for voting for John Kerry by a pro-life extremist type.

Seems to me that we are.

[TexasSissy]

18. * putting politics ahead of others' lives? Doesn't surprise me.

How 'bout you?

[Jacobin]

21. If this gets anymore like Vietnam, I'm going to start wearing bellbottoms

again.

I'm mean, jeesuz fucking keerist!!!

It's a fucking blueprint from hell, this damn thing.

[REVOLT823]

22. Beat me to it Jacobin, starting to smell more and more

like Vietnam, now we are giving ground to the enemy.

[Jacobin]

25. Didn't ya just love McCaffery at the end saying, with his chin jutted out

"but we can win this thing"...

I mean, isn't this the same Barry McCaffery that was in charge of the "drug war" a few years back.

Why can't these telegenerals remember that these shows are taped and that people will come back in a few years and laugh their ASSES off at what they say.

Is the paycheck That Good?

What a dimwitted old fool.

[REVOLT823]

28. I am sure he is getting paid much better than he was even as a general,

but in relation to what you said, I think their egos get the best of them. Probably covering his ass as well just in case Shrub pulls this election out of his ass.

[BootinUp]

23. McCAFFEREY ON CNBC after the commercial!

Change channels

[Spinzonner]

24. Sorry, recent actions notwithstanding

I have trouble trusting McCaffery.

Alledgedly responsible for the Highway of Death at the end (or after, depending on point-of-view) the Gulf War. A war crime.

[Jacobin]

26. The douchebag minimized the political bullshit of lowering casualties

and then at the end said "we can win this thing"

He's a fucking moron talkinghead (ex head of the 'war on drugs' doncha know)

Quisling, dingbat, fauxgeneral prick, warmonger sending kids to die for fucking nothing.

[BootinUp]

27. He wasn't sharing his political views

He was analyzing the situation. Sometimes I think the people here can't tell the difference when the speaker wears a uniform.