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Originally Posted by theking
President Bush...in my opinion...was a piss poor Commander in Chief and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld was one...of several...piss poor Secretary's of Defense...we have had over the years.
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The problem with Rumsfeld was he was of the Reagan Neo Con school of thinking and was also a power mongrel. Bush was just a puppet in his first 4 years and I've personally always felt Cheney was the guy pulling all the strings. Bush sort of woke up in his second 4 years but he was already played the fool.
I never supported the Bush admin, but the original planning and achievement of the CIA running the war at the start of Afghan is likely one of the most significant military achievements our SF has ever pulled off. Afghan would have likely been over years ago had the Bush neo cons not taken control of the war and dump a bunch of troops on the ground.