I wanted to respond to @dangerroom's article not to him personally because I only chat with him on twitter but what he blogged about is essentially an editorial hit piece. Wired isn't exactly the premiere resource for geopolitical analysis because they only want to peripherally wet their beak in any topic that gets hits, even if it means throwing in with the tides of Obamania. This type of article is supposed to be when independent thought and journalistic integrity take hold but I guess the easy way is too enticing when a blogger feels he must be another cog in the big tent liberal punditry machine.
However that big tent theory no longer applies for democrats and the media-driven Marxist Statism fad which now controls every sector of government. So conservatives must allow no challenge unanswered especially when culture has tilted to a point where theories of independence have been replaced by character assassination.
Rumsfeld has been gone for 3 years and I guess that makes him an easy target because he's not around to defend himself. The streamlined and functional Rumsfeld doctrine got the job done in Afghanistan then as our enemies retreated out of the country to rebuild their capability, Bush began the build up for the invasion of Iraq, which included a more conventional force multiplier strategy requiring more hardware and infrastructure. It's one thing to take and hold a country and another to hunt down Taliban huddled in underground tunnels.
But I guess the kind of information one might absorb from watching the military channel and Fox news is now considered sensitive information and a form of free press which should be outlawed especially now in a time of economic uncertainty and instability returning Afghanistan. Can Obama really control a population which questions his policy to such an extent? If there's a huge multimedia push against the now extinct Bush administration as a suddenly viable threat to Obama's corporate investment in Gaza or the olive branch to Iran will the American people more readily accept the kool-aid of hope?
Whatever sector of the population that applies to, they must think Rocky Balboa was a racist bum.
(notice how I assassinate a thought process instead of say, cussing about losing the election or threating to hack up the Daily Kos for goofing on Sarah Palin's family)
