"But what about retired General Jack Keane--whom Krugman doesn't mention--and the significant number of military intellectuals who have favored a labor-intensive counterinsurgency strategy in Baghdad for the past three years? They are serious people"
As we know you can always replace any general who disagrees with yes-men. Bush has done it since Shinislavky or whatever his wop name is, and abunch of other guys. Are you kidding me? For any general who favor Bush's "surge" I'll give you two SERIOUS generals who oppose it. It's Bush's way of getting out of this war without being impeached or sent to jail for war crimes. Who cares if a couple of thousand guys who didn't go to Yale die?
Huh? Are you referring to Eric Shinseki, who was passed for renewal when he predicted that the war would require several hundred thousand troops?
And what's with the "wop name"? Can we please leave out the ethnic slurs (assuming this wasn't a typo in which you meant something else)? And, fwiw, "wop" refers to Italians, which Shinseki is not (I believe that he's Japanese-American).
It's possible to make a good point (which you did) without resorting to juvenile language.
Eric Shinseki, a true patriot.
Speaking of Serious/Macho/Wimpy, 41 spent years shaking the "wimp factor" but in the end, he and his son proved they are the true wimps.
