No, Mr. President....

[interesteddad]

<p>Bush on the firing of General Pace:</p>

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Pete Pace is a fine man and a great general and I think the fact that Secretary Gates made the recommendation not to move forward with a renomination speaks to the U.S. Congress and the climate in the U.S. Congress.

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<p>No, Mr. President. It reflects the fact that your Iraq war has been an unmitigated disaster and that anyone connected with shaping that policy deserves to be fired in disgrace.</p>

<p>It also reflects your arrogant rejection of any discussion of policy, benchmarks, or accountability with the US Senate, as reflected in your veto of the appropriations bill and your refusal to turn over supoenad documents in the probe of your Justice Department. Why should Congress approve any of your nominees?</p>

[mini]

<p>Maybe because he recognized that Peter Pace is a jerk, and that “listening to the generals” wasn’t working very well, so he decided to try an admiral.</p>

[mini]

<p>Five years, and the General presided over the virtual destruction of the U.S. military. He was an incompetent fool, a “yes” man at a time when it might have been worthwhile that a military leader have the one quality they are generally believed to have – a spine.</p>