>>>from the earliest days of Rumsfeld’s
Secretariat, we heard that the old timers hated
him, wanted to continue doing things the way they
had always done them, and hated his changes. Now
some of these that have all along hated him, such
as Zinni, are making their hatred more public. I
say more public because anyone interested was
aware of this hatred.
I tried to show this earlier in describing how
Rumsfeld kept trying to stop the Crusader Mobile
Howitzer program, how Congress kept re-authorizing
it as small print in legislation, until Rumsfeld
finally had his way and officially killed it.
That Rumsfeld is so unpopular with the old boys of
the military-industrial complex shows that he is
stepping on a lot of cash cows and inherited
traditions. For this reason alone I give him a
pass for the time being. I mean, we're talking
about many tens of billions of dollars. For all
anyone knows, an unfavorable opinion of Rumsfeld
is what certain vengeful lobbyists hope to install
in the public...get Rummy out, put a new guy in,
and bring the Crusader Mobile Howitzer back to
costly life.
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