General Casey to be Fired

[April15]

because of his comments today that the military is severly understaffed because of lack of recruitment.

[Saguaro]

There is nothing like losing your job because of the truth !

[issac the dragon]

Not the first one to lose his job for failure to keep to the party line. That is exactly why no one believes anything the generals say. Including Patraius.

[issac the dragon]

Gen. David Petraeus has repeatedly stated that he would like the U.S. to be in Iraq for 9-10 years. “[T]he average counter insurgency is somewhere around a nine or a 10 year endeavour,” he said in July.

But in a press conference yesterday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey indirectly dealt a blow to Petraeus’s plan, stating the Army would continue to be “out of balance” as long as U.S. troops occupy Iraq.

Casey reemphasized that that the “current demand for our forces exceeds the sustainable supply,” leaving the U.S. unable to handle future threats. He elaborated on the long-term commitment it will take from the U.S. to restore our forces to peak capability.

Ironically, while Petraeus is pushing for a decade-long occupation, he has “agreed the military was stretched too thin, and the Army likely would not be able to respond if trouble arose in another part of the world.” thinkprogress.org 10/10/07

I guess Casey is lucky. Kings used to kill people who brought them bad news.