[Osx-nutters] Casey had become more fixated on withdrawal than victory

[Patrick Coskren]

On Jan 5, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> quote: Bush’s line used to be, “I’ll listen to my military leaders  
> on the ground.” Bush’s new line is, “When my military leaders on  
> the ground tell me what I don’t want to hear, I’ll get new military  
> leaders.”
>
> <http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/05/casey-disagrees-with- 
> escalation-loses-his-job/>

Yeah, but we always knew he didn't mean it.

On the plus side, I recall reading good things about Petraeus.  Given  
that Bush was going to replace Casey (no idea if it was deserved or  
if Casey was just following White House orders... though I have a  
guess), at least he seems to have put somebody competent in charge.   
That's not exactly been a consistent pattern with Bush.

-Patrick