Reply #36: I have a weird theory tonight - it will be a General [View All]

[RamboLiberal]

but not Clark. After reading article in Wash Post - General Zinni - I seem to remember reading he's advising Dean.

Ok, he's not a Dem, he actually leans moderate Repub. But he could be a Dem.

I know a lot of you will not like it. But man could this be a kick-ass ticket. Zinni may have more respect among his peers than Clark. Just think about it, and read the article.

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I23247-2003Dec22

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22922-2003Dec22.html

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction," Cheney said. "There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."

Cheney's certitude bewildered Zinni. As chief of the Central Command, Zinni had been immersed in U.S. intelligence about Iraq. He was all too familiar with the intelligence analysts' doubts about Iraq's programs to acquire weapons of mass destruction, or WMD. "In my time at Centcom, I watched the intelligence, and never -- not once -- did it say, 'He has WMD.' "

Though retired for nearly two years, Zinni says, he remained current on the intelligence through his consulting with the CIA and the military. "I did consulting work for the agency, right up to the beginning of the war. I never saw anything. I'd say to analysts, 'Where's the threat?' " Their response, he recalls, was, "Silence."

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Zinni says that he hasn't received a single negative response from military people about the stance he has taken. "I was surprised by the number of uniformed guys, all ranks, who said, 'You're speaking for us. Keep on keeping on.' "

Even home in Williamsburg, he has been surprised at the reaction. "I mean, I live in a very conservative Republican community, and people were saying, 'You're right.' "