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06/03/2003 Archived Entry: "Even Thomas White says these thugs are in denial."
Even Thomas White says these thugs are in denial.
Geez, when a team player like 'Enron' White starts talking like this, something is afoot.
The former civilian head of the Army said Monday it is time for the Pentagon to admit that the military is in for a long occupation of Iraq that will require a major commitment of American troops.Former Army secretary Thomas White said in an interview that senior Defense officials "are unwilling to come to grips" with the scale of the postwar U.S. obligation in Iraq. The Pentagon has about 150,000 troops in Iraq and recently announced that the Army's 3rd Infantry Division's stay there has been extended indefinitely.
"This is not what they were selling (before the war)," White said, describing how senior Defense officials downplayed the need for a large occupation force. "It's almost a question of people not wanting to 'fess up to the notion that we will be there a long time and they might have to set up a rotation and sustain it for the long term."
Replies: somebody speaks up.
No one could ever accuse me of being an optimist, and looking for the silver lining in gray clouds has never been my forte.
But let me give this a try: if the US is forced to tie-up, say, 100,000-200,000 troops in a protracted Iraq Pacification Campaign, would that not make it more difficult for the US to pursue its militaristic, imperial foreign policy?
Eeee, being an optimist feels so weird!
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 06/03/2003 12:13 PM NY
