Pace Attacks War Critics In Farewell Speech

Washington Post:

Pace was a reluctant guest at his own retirement party. President Bush and his new defense secretary, Bob Gates, cut Pace loose rather than fight the difficult confirmation battle in the Senate needed to give him another two-year term.

The general was not happy about this -- and he used his farewell yesterday to take a parting shot at antiwar Democrats, the press and the whole uncivil bunch in Washington who "are more interested in making somebody else look bad than they are in finding the right solution."

"I can hear voices right now," the general declared, his finger in the air. He was referring not to demons in his head but to demonstrators at the base gate using a bullhorn to mar the ceremony.

"I want them to understand -- I just want everyone to understand -- that this dialogue is not about, 'Can we vote our way out of a war?' " said the man whose surname means "peace" in his father's native Italy. "We have an enemy who has declared war on us."

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Comments

[leogorcey]

In 1967 another co-opted General declared before a joint session of Congress, live on national television, that there was "light at the end of the tunnel in Vietnam". Up until that point some 20,000 Americans had lost their lives in what turned out to be a mind-boggling mistake. By the time that war was over some 38,000 additional Americans were dead and the image of a helicopter flying off the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon was burned into our brains.

Are we condemned to repeat that mistake? Sadly, it appears so. This time it is going to be worse because this time the attack on Iran is eventually going to unleash a shit-storm that will engulf the earth in a world war. The Democrats have already given Cheney/Bush permission. End the war(s) as soon as possible because Hillary does not have the courage to stop the escalation when she becomes President.

[meandmagoo]

Every time I see Pace,i wish Smedley Butler would arise from the dead and beat his punk ass down.

[TankerRat]

Sounds like a former Marine. Pace is but a Bush lap dog who's been put out to pasture much like Myers was. He's quite frankly an embarassment to the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.

Semper Fi.

[MikeMidCity]

General Pace, totally unsatisfactory service. Dismissed with the sorrow of a Nation misspending the treasure of service from hundreds of thousands of Patriots who depended on your leadership.

Your a sorry piece of work. Were your promotions worth the blood of the troops you were suppose to safe guard?

[Agentprovokatur]

Glad to see him go, not gonna miss him.

And as he walked off the field amongst all that pomp and circumstance I hope the speakers were blaring my favorite song they play at the ball game when a pitching change occurs:

Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Hey . . . HEY-AY! GOOD BYE!

[MoeJava]

Pace was a reluctant guest at his own retirement party...

Ooopppss - did he tell "the truth about Iraq" OR "dont invade Iran" OR one of a million other truths that Cheney and Bush cant stand to hear - dissent from one of "those boots on the ground"?

[NuAgeDok]

Good riddance to a chickenshit homophobe and a Yes-man who was the ideal puppet for the Neocon Military Petroleum Complex.

Let's hope Mullen and Fallon can work together to get us TFOOT!

[yathink]

Foreign and domestic--the key part of the oath our soldiers swear to when they join. I am much more worried about the domestic part.

[ajax2]

Ja, Mein General, critics should be shot, homosexuals burned, und die unter mensch
gassed.

[FreedomCorpse]

"We have an enemy who has declared war on us." Yep pace, its called the political elite in the US which are incestuously coupled with the globalists and you are sworn to protect the US against all enemies foreign and domestic....do your job or shut up and publicly disavow your military oath so we see as you really are.

[booker52]

Pace, another Bus$h toadie!!!

[gcallaghan]

his tongue is up Bush's ass, getting that one last nugget for the road.

[VOTER]

Pace has no reason to be bitter. He failed his soliders and he is fortunate to be retiring instead of facing a court martial.

When a General commits his soliders to possible death for one reason, the greed of a few, he has committed treason.

Pace can claim injustice all he wants but until he listens to the families of seriously wounded and dead soldiers, he has nothing important to say.

His days of leading are over simply because HE DIDN'T LEAD!

INSTEAD, HE FOLLOWED THE GREEDY BUSHCO.

Bye, General. Time for you to suck it up and shut up.

[Ramirez]

Sounds like you're questioning his patriotism...

[CarmanK]

That is true, the enemy attacked the US but it was the man in Iraq. His name is bin Laden and he is still on the lose. Does anyone think for a moment that if we had captured binLaden (dead or alive) that we would be in Iraq. It The mismanagement of the war is what the Democrats want to stop. As long as Bush commands the troops, the world is in danger. He's just dying to push that button and bomb Iran. The child has an atomic bomb and he wants to see how its works.

[Mike169]

The general was not happy about this -- and he used his farewell yesterday to take a parting shot at antiwar Democrats, the press and the whole uncivil bunch in Washington who "are more interested in making somebody else look bad than they are in finding the right solution."

Isn't it funny how he refuses to take a shot at the corrupt, inept and arrogant administration who brought us this fiasco and who continues us on the road to ruin with policies more intended to bankrupt this country than salvage Iraq. The American people deserve better than this administration and Gen. Pace ought to understand that if nothing else.

[amerdiaspora]

YEAH! LIKE HE HAD THE 'RIGHT SOLUTION'

BUSH LOST THE WAR, THE GENERALS LOST THE WAR AS WELL

[sugarmoes]

george bush should be impeached immediately for lying to start an unnecessary war. crimes and misdemeanors don't get much higher than that, folks. oh wait... i forgot... there's one that's higher - consentual extramarital blowjobs.

[Captain EdwardGraham]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qLNDuCLoFI&NR=1 Heil Bu$h

[mediamarv]

someone give the poor little soldier boy a three day pass in the Bahamas or wherever it is that Limburg goes to get his jollies...