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In the previous thread, I disagreed with your assessment of Grange's statement, i.e. that because he was wrong he was either stupid or lying.
In the interest of fairness, I'd like to offer here an instance where a senior leader (CJCS) is, to my eyes, *clearly* lying:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/world/middleeast/25cnd-military.html
It doesn't take a lot of parsing to see the lies, and I don't see any other explanation. It's also a more egregious example, because while Grange was a retired 'analyst' just popping off at the mouth as he has been known to do, and he was just channeling the same flawed logic that was overwhelmingly representative of all the think-tank spew of the time, this is the active duty head of the Joint Chiefs making claims to serve his political masters.
It's relevant to this thread as well as the previous, because I'm suspicious that the timing of this little theater production over last September's bombing is related to the administration's plans for military action in Iran.
Naturally, you might disagree.
