Reply #5: He repeats a wounded Jarhead's wishful delusion but ignores the Generals [View All]

[Crankie Avalon]

...who actually have the experience, acumen, and most importantly the most complete picture/information about what is going down over there?

The words of some poor, simple, maimed-for-no-good-reason grunt who has the understandable need to believe his sacrifice was for something worthwhile Rumsfeld is happy to exploit but military analysts whose business it is to be unemotional, rational, and as fully informed of the whole situation as possible when finding solutions to problems (e.g., to either get out or put in much more troops rather than "stay the course"/more of the same) Rumsfeld doesn't bother with.

If Rumseld had any honor, he wouldn't be able to look that wounded Marine in the face, let alone to keep exploiting him.