"We need leadership up there that respects the military as they expect the military to respect them. And that leadership needs to understand teamwork."
-Army MajGen Batiste, Retired
Thank you sir, for looking out.
Posted by: Joe at April 13, 2006 01:01 PM"Psychology, as I understand it, means knowledge of the soul. Yet, how shall we speak about the souls of others, when we do not even know our own? Is there a single one of us who can say with certainty how he will react to a certain event? Nevertheless, as leaders we must have some knowledge of the souls of our soldiers; because the soldier, the living man, is the instrument with which we have to work in war...no commander lacking in this inner knowledge of his men can accomplish great things."
-Adolph Von Schell, "Battle leadership" (1933)
Standard Marine Corps Reading Material
After spending billions of our dollars and lives Mr. Bush is slowly finding out what he could have learned for the price of a used book or a youth better spent:
Experienced troops need experienced leadership.
Never has a gap in a life's history become so apparent, and so dangerous, than now. Had he the experience of a warrior, he would truly understand what the military man needs to win a war. Had he the soul of one, he would have learned the role that faith in leadership plays in the hearts of our troops. Now, as his leadership moment passes into history, a chance of a lifetime to atone for missing time when he was needed most gone, he has chosen to align himself with something other than the soul of a soldier. And this soldier's soul will never forget.
Goto:
http://abcnews.go.com/
To listen to soldier's raps from Iraq. The title is "Condolence". Its worth a listen.
Posted by: joe at April 26, 2006 11:58 AMTranscript of Bush's comments on NSA phone monitoring
Thursday, May 11, 2006; Posted: 12:39 p.m. EDT (16:39 GMT)
President Bush talks about intelligence monitoring of telephone calls on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Thursday told Americans that their privacy "is fiercely protected" after a newspaper report that the National Security Agency compiled a database of domestic phone records.
Following is a transcript of Bush's remarks:
After September 11, I vowed to the American people that our government would do everything within the law to protect them against another terrorist attack.
As part of this effort, I authorized the National Security Agency to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations.
In other words, if al Qaeda or their associates are making calls into the United States or out of the United States, we want to know what they're saying.
Today, there are new claims about other ways we are tracking down al Qaeda to prevent attacks on America. I want to make some important points about what the government is doing and what the government is not doing.
First, our intelligence activities strictly target al Qaeda and their known affiliates. Al Qaeda is our enemy, and we want to know their plans.
Second, the government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval.
Third, the intelligence activities I authorized are lawful and have been briefed to appropriate members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat.
Fourth, the privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities. We're not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans. Our efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates.
So far, we've been very successful in preventing another attack on our soil.
As a general matter, every time sensitive intelligence is leaked, it hurts our ability to defeat this enemy. Our most important job is to protect the American people from another attack, and we will do so within the laws of our country.
Thank you.
--Transcripts are good to have..as time progresses we can go back and compare reality with words, see what came true, what didn't, what was parsed, spun, or massaged. See if we find another "what the meaning of "is" is" moment. Kind of like our own little deposition.
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