Wes Clark again

Wes Clark responds to former hero Rudy Giuliani, and brain-dead Republican hacks Laura Ingraham and neocon Bill Kristol, who blame the troops on the ground for the fiasco-disaster-debacle-scandal at al QaQaa. (By the way - the GOP's newest excuse? In the grand scheme of things, 380 tons isn't so much. You can't make this shit up.)

“For President Bush to send Rudolph Giuliani out on television to say that the 'actual responsibility' for the failure to secure explosives lies with the troops is insulting and cowardly.“The President approved the mission and the priorities. Civilian leaders tell military leaders what to do. The military follows those orders and gets the job done.

This was a failure of civilian leadership, first in not telling the troops to secure explosives and other dangerous materials, and second for not providing sufficient troops and sufficient equipment for troops to do the job. “President Bush sent our troops to war without sufficient body armor, without a sound plan and without sufficient forces to accomplish the mission. Our troops are performing a difficult mission with skill, bravery and determination. They deserve a commander in chief who supports them and understands that the buck stops in the Oval Office, not one who gets weak knees and shifts blame for his mistakes.”