General Batiste on the war

Fmr Gen John Batiste has made an ad for VoteVets.org criticizing the war and White House. He and the Vets hope that people will look past the office of the President to the failures of the person holding the office.

VoteVets.org is today launching a three-ad series featuring three retired generals, two of whom were George Bush's commanders on the ground. In the first ad, retired Major General John Batiste takes the President on, directly, when he says that he's just 'listening to commanders on the ground' in Iraq. Batiste should know if the President is listening or not, since he was one of those commanders!

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As Jon Stewart made hysterically clear last October, Bush never really "listened to the Generals on the ground." He simply fires the ones who tell him what he doesn't want to hear, and hires new ones that agree with him.

For yet another example, this is what General Abizaid told Saint McCain last November:

ABIZAID: Senator McCain, I met with every divisional commander, General Casey, the core commander, General Dempsey, we all talked together. And I said, in your professional opinion, if we were to bring in more American Troops now, does it add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq? And they all said no. And the reason is because we want the Iraqis to do more. It is easy for the Iraqis to rely upon to us do this work. I believe that more American forces prevent the Iraqis from doing more, from taking more responsibility for their own future.