By William Fisher, TruthOut.org, 4/5/06
This week, we got yet another pitiful lesson in just how craven wannabe
presidential hopefuls will be in pandering to their “base” – and how
little some of them understand about how to wage and win the “Global War
on Terror.”
The lesson came from Senator George Allen, the former Republican
governor of Virginia, who is widely reported to be seeking his party’s
nomination for president in 2008.
Senator Allen wrote to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to recommend
3-star general Jerry Boykin to be the new head of the Army’s Special
Operations command. [read more]