Pentagon politics

It's bad civilian policy to give the vast Pentagon bureaucracy the scope of influence to hamstring decisions that the President makes. Absolutely, the military should have input, but if the brass drags their heels on Iraq, that's a good reason to retire them and bring up a corps less tainted by the bullshit of Bushism.

Sometimes, you just have to order the generals to get it done or get out.

Al Qaeda is just not a priority

Here's the stark admission:

"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs has said time and time again Iraq is a mission we must do. Afghanistan is a mission we do as we can," [Pentagon spokesman Geoff] Morrell said.

The people who had nothing to do with 9/11? Enemy! The people who attacked us on 9/11? No big deal.

How long until the White House backtracks on that?

Update: I mean, really, they're saying that they're willing to let the situation in Afghanistan totally go to hell. What a craven bunch of shitheads.