Karen Kwiatkowski and "Seagull" Commanders

[July]

Just followed a link at www.dailykos.com to an article by Ret. Lt. Col. (USAF) Karen Kwiatkowski where she talks about leadership, and she uses a great term that applies well to Flight Suit: "Seagull Commander." According to her, this is "a species known to swoop in, make a lot of noise, crap all over everything, and then fly away."

I'd like to see Kerry's team start using that term.

http://militaryweek.com/kk092204.shtml

[DinahMoeHum]

1. "Bush's Magical Middle Eastern Mystery Tour" - LMAO !!

(snip)
On the truth about Iraq, Bush and Cheney have told us it's going just fine, we are killing the appointed number of "terrorists" and "evil doers." We are winning, they say. From the key top officers, whether General Casey, General Abizaid, General Meyers or any of the lesser flag officers on active duty today, we hear only a ricochet of the President's fantasies, or else deafening silence.

But from lower ranking soldiers and marines, we hear plenty. One former marine refers to Iraq as "Bush's Magical Middle Eastern Mystery Tour." He explains why we will leave Iraq, eventually, with nothing. It is one of the rules that should have been learned early on by all leaders, even mediocre ones. Apparently Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld missed the lecture called "Nobody wins a shitstorm."
(snip)

Well, as Will Pitt once said, if you really want to know what the enlisteds are thinking, just visit their latrines and read what they're "writing on the shithouse walls"

:nuke:

[G_j]

2. another great read from Karen Kwiatkowski

Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski



read about Karen and her observations/whistle blowing on the OSP: "The Lie Factory" (in my sig line) one of the most important articles to come out in the last few years.

[yowzayowzayowza]

3. SWEET!!!

Truth to power.

:kick: