Reid on General Pace

As many of you know, Senator Reid was blasted by many republicans for questioning General Pace's compentance just days after George Bush fired him for the work he had done in the Iraq war over the last 5 years. I was blown away by the attitude of many republicans. Let me get this right, George Bush can fire him for doing a poor job but Reid cannot comment on how he feels about the job he had done! Don't people get fired because of incompentance? In other words had General Pace been compentent, he would have still had a job! Yet, republicans could not believe Harry Reid talked about him!

Amazing.

I want to say, politicians can criticize generals. In fact many americans can! Isn't that one of the reasons why wars are faught? To protect free speech? Criticising the General was not dinegrating the troops! Yet that seems to be what many republicans talk about! Let's say that's true! Didn't President Bush denigrate the troops by firing General Pace? Sounds silly doesn't it! Yet many times I have read, and heard leaders of this nation, squash debate and opinion by simply saying he or she was denigrating the troops. The President himself has used this many times in the past.

What I want to know is what is the difference between Senator Reid questioning General Reids ability and Senator McCain, blasting General Casey? Where was the outrage from the right when that happened? I didn't see it, did you?

Rhetoric has been a major part of politics. So far it has stopped many democrats and independants and in some case some Republicans from stating what they really feel without fear of being chastised? Where are the real leaders? I don't see many.