General Fluffer Meet General Zinni
by matt at 10:00 am on April 2nd, 2006 in Iraq WarGeneral Anthony Zinni on NBC’s Meet the Press:
ZINNI: There’s a series of disastrous mistakes. We just heard the Secretary of State say these were tactical mistakes. These were not tactical mistakes. These were strategic mistakes, mistakes of policies made back here. Don’t blame the troops. They’ve been magnificent. If anything saves us, it will be them.
RUSSERT: Should someone resign?
ZINNI: Absolutely.
RUSSERT: Who?
ZINNI: Secretary of Defense to begin with.
RUSSERT: Anyone else?
ZINNI: Well, I think that we — those that have been responsible for the planning, for overriding all the efforts that were made in planning before that, that those that stood by and allowed this to happen that didn’t speak out – and there were appropriate ways within the system you can speak out, at congressional hearings and otherwise — I think they have to be held accountable.
Alex wrote:
You…you mean…there were….*GASP*….TACTICAL MISTAKES???? In a WAR?!?! That’s UNPRECEDENTED! We’ve NEVER seen ANY kind of mistakes before! Like D-Day for instance, we PLANNED to lose 10’s of thousands of soldiers in a couple hours. We simply had too many! But in Iraq….WELL! Losing 2,300 lives over 3 years thanks to mistakes? Absolutely unacceptable! I demand that all leadership be 100% perfect in every way!
In related news, I’d like to welcome our AI overlords….
God you guys are clueless.
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 12:21 pm ¶
matt wrote:
it’s funny that this is the best you can do. no links to anything credible, no proof of your storied battle victories, nothing but name calling and mccarthyism. you’re the best, fluffer!
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 12:24 pm ¶
Alex wrote:
wait….STRATEGIC MISTAKES too? oh man. yep, that’s brutal. let’s fire everyone. maybe we can resurrect Che Guevera and get him to show us the way.
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 12:25 pm ¶
Matthew Tobey wrote:
I played squash with Candice Cameron and Rasputin today. Candy warned me that this Zinni fellow is actually a bowl of mashed-potatoes that Martin Mull cast a spell on to pretend to be a General and do his bidding on the TV. Don’t trust him.
Thanks for lowering the bar for discourse around here, Alex. I’m having a lot more fun now.
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 5:29 pm ¶
Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker wrote:
Resign?
Such is the mating call of the defeatist (second only to the rejectionist in the heirarchy of freedom-hating!) Resigning now would only give aid and comfort to the enemy…and by “enemy” I mean those who are against us (as opposed to those who are for us…and by “us,” I of course mean those few who continue to love America.)
You can not argue with logic such as this, so please, don’t try.
Rex
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 7:34 pm ¶
America wrote:
Rex,
Been meaning to talk to you about this.. I just think we’re at different places in our lives, and maybe it’s time we start seeing other people (I read in the tabloids that David Bowie might be splitting up with Iran.. maybe start there?). You’re a great guy, but despite what I said earlier, I really can’t see myself being your trophy wife. Sorry..
Posted 03 Apr 2006 at 11:19 am ¶