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</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (RebelWithanAK,)
Judging from the results, the US defense department is incompetent at best and malicious at worst. There really isn't too much to hope for, either way.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

I don't think for a minute the Military as a whole is malicious. Their entire reason to exist is to blow things up and kill people, and unfortunately they do it better than anyone else. But they ONLY act under orders and those orders come from the slime and political whores which inhabit the White House snd Congress, who operate ONLY under the code of doing for themselves and their backers. The whole Iraq thing is a no-brainer, as long as anyone remembers what led up to it.
I remember the news reports on Colin Powell's phony presentation of "proof" Iraq is a menace to the US. Everyone likes to throw in the word General when referring to the Secretary of State, but he is not a General. He is an EX General and now a political appointee loyal to, and part of Bush's administration.
As far as I can tell, most soldiers and low, middle and high ranking officers greatly outnumber the decision makers and would much rather be home mowing their lawns than sitting in hot sand being shot at and blown up, so be careful with the blanket term "Military". But as Rebel said, it's the Defense Department at fault and even THEY don't START wars, they run them, and only under the orders of the President.