[Vision2020] Army Officer Accuses His Generals of Iraq Failures

Sat Apr 28 13:46:56 PDT 2007

At what point, Donovan, might it be said that you've embarrassed yourself quite enough?  Is there a time that your brain and your keyboard will stop their collusion in making you appear as you do?  I've met you.  You're not that bad in person, and you undoubtedly have a lot of good traits.  In fact, I found you quite pleasant.  But for your own sake, as well as for the cause of civil discord, would you please reexamine whatever it is about email that turns you into such a badgering and bellicose pest?And please remember that I'm not ordained; "Reverend Keely" is far more than I'm entitled to.  keelyDate: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:55:03 -0700From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.comTo: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.comSubject: Re: [Vision2020] Army Officer Accuses His Generals of Iraq FailuresSunil,     You wrote:     "Poor Donovan, wants to be Eugene and ends up being Joseph."     Clearly, I am neither. If I was McCarthy you would praising me for my destruction of good leaders. If I were Joseph you would be at my feet.      Don't blame others for not telling the truth when it cannot be uttered from your own lips.      You have great courtroom tactics, Sunil. But I assure you, you have answered the question for those of us that wanted to know.      Best,    
 Donovan              Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:  Moscow's McCarthy continues to display his love of freedom by imposing loyalty tests.Poor Donovan, wants to be Eugene and ends up being Joseph.Sunil>From: Donovan Arnold >To: Sunil Ramalingam , vision2020 at moscow.com>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Army Officer Accuses His Generals of Iraq >Failures>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:32:36 -0700 (PDT)>>Sunil,>> You wrote:>> "Bush has said that the military has been sent all the troops
 they >requested.>Why didn't the generals request more troops from the beginning? Why didn't>they admit how poorly things were going and put it back in the lap of the>administration?">>> First, the Generals did ask for more troops and did give honest >appraisals of the situation, they just did not publish that information for >you and the enemy to see in the Washington Post and New York Times.>> Second, there were no more troops to be had.>> Third, more troops wouldn't solve the problem, it would just make the >problem larger. The problem was the political objective, not military >incompetence. They have guns not magic wands. This was Bush's blunder, not >the officers, soldiers, or generals over there.>> Fourth, it is UNACCEPTABLE for an officer to be going to the AP and >personally attack his commanding officers. There are proper ways of
 going >about filing a complaint about a misbehaving or incompetent commanding >officer. What this guy did was wrong and dangerous.>> Finally, we are still waiting for you to say, "I love my country, the >United States of America.">>> Best,>> Donovan>>Sunil Ramalingam wrote:> Donovan,>>On the one hand I don't disagree that the administration 'screwed this war>up;' having said that, I think wars like this are always going to end in>failure. But since the war began, up until he announced the 'surge,' Bush>has said that the military has been sent all the troops they requested.>Why didn't the generals request more troops from the beginning? Why didn't>they admit how poorly things were going and put it back in the lap of the>administration?>>It seems to me that generals saw the treatment Gen.
 Shinseki received after>saying that four to five hundred thousand troops would be needed for the>war, and they didn't want the same treatment for themselves. That's their>fault, isn't it?>>Sunil>> >From: Donovan Arnold> >To: Tom Hansen , thansen at moscow.com,> >vision2020 at moscow.com> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Army Officer Accuses His Generals of Iraq> >Failures> >Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:38:06 -0700 (PDT)> >> >Complaining is one thing. But going to the media and to undermine the> >command structure of the military during an actual military action is not >a> >right.> >> > And I don't believe him anyway. I think it is the administration's fault> >for screwing this war up, not the generals.> >> > Best,> >> >Donovan>
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