PBS: Rumsfeld’s War, Dr. Seuss
With less than one week until the U.S. election, PBS is airing Frontline: Rumsfield’s War tonight. Will John Kerry be using quotes from this show tomorrow? From the press release:
“I think to a degree, he’s stubborn. Being stubborn, holding to your convictions is good to a point, but when the evidence around you indicates your position is not tenable, then you ought to start adapting to the situation,” says retired USMC Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper.
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Former CENTCOM Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Hoar (Ret.) tells FRONTLINE, “Today we find over fifty percent of the United States Army, the regular army, ten divisions, committed overseas. It’s not sustainable.”
Also on PBS this week: Independent Lens: The Political Dr. Seuss. What links, if any, will the program make between Dr. Seuss’s allegories, and the war in Iraq? In fact, Theodor Seuss Geisel was critical of those who opposed U.S. intervention against foreign tyrants (see cartoon, and mention of Charles Lindbergh.)