Enemy from Within

EDITOR&PUBLISHER - May 24, 2006
Joe Galloway, the fabled war correspondent, now reporting on military affairs for Knight Ridder’s Washington bureau, retires next week after more than four decades in journalism, during which he covered numerous foreign wars, from Vietnam to Iraq, and was one of the rare civilians awarded a Bronze Star for bravery.

Not surprisingly, he is going out with a bang. A series of combative and revealing emails between Galloway and chief Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita concerning Donald Rumsfeld’s management of the military and the Iraq war have surfaced which cut to the heart of the country’s current trauma. Retired General Barry McCaffery, a familiar figure nowadays as a cable news commentator, urged Galloway to release the emails, calling them “the most powerful stuff hands down I have ever read about this war. ...this exchange ought to be your going away gift to the capital.” -
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Major General John Batiste was a senior military assistant to Paul Wolfowitz in the Pentagon. He then commanded the first infantry division in Iraq. He was one of six retired generals who have made headlines by calling for Donald Rumsfeld‘s resignation. Read his interview with Chris Matthews -
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I can't decide whether Rummy is in absolute denial, if he is delusional, or if his behavior is the result of not having a conscience.