Gen. Paul Eaton

The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. While our intelligence agencies called the region the greatest threat to America, the Bush White House under-resourced our military efforts, shifted attention to Iraq, and failed to bring to justice the masterminds of September 11.



The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy 'experts' have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the consider...

Gen. Paul Eaton

The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. While our intelligence agencies called the region the greatest threat to America, the Bush White House under-resourced our military efforts, shifted attention to Iraq, and failed to bring to justice the masterminds of September 11.



The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy 'experts' have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the considerable mess they left behind, they continue to defend torture or rewrite a legacy of indifference on Afghanistan. Simply put, Mr. Cheney sees history throughout extremely myopic and partisan eyes..

This was a commonly held belief among Obama supporters during the 2008 campaign. If nothing else, he was elected because he wouldn't rush to judgment, particularly in matters involving the deployment of the military. Americans rejected Bush's isolationist policy in electing Obama, opting for a policy of engagement. That fact is often drowned out in the media which feeds on the invented controversy.



Tell me what you think. Isn't Gen. Eaton's assessment, that the Bush/Cheney foreign policy was a disaster, the correct one?



Personally, I think Gen. Eaton was spot on. Further, I find it comforting that Obama is carefully deliberating his administration's Afghanistan policy. Indeed,...

This was a commonly held belief among Obama supporters during the 2008 campaign. If nothing else, he was elected because he wouldn't rush to judgment, particularly in matters involving the deployment of the military. Americans rejected Bush's isolationist policy in electing Obama, opting for a policy of engagement. That fact is often drowned out in the media which feeds on the invented controversy.



Tell me what you think. Isn't Gen. Eaton's assessment, that the Bush/Cheney foreign policy was a disaster, the correct one?



Personally, I think Gen. Eaton was spot on. Further, I find it comforting that Obama is carefully deliberating his administration's Afghanistan policy. Indeed, Eaton put it best, concluding, "No human endeavor can be as profound as sending a nation's youth to war. I am very happy to see serious men and women working hard to get it right."