Q&A | Gen. Anthony Zinni

is there a living US general anywhere that supports the bush war effort? seriously. can you name ANYONE that isn't directly serving the Pres. that agrees w/ our war planning or our direction? i cannot. Tonite on 60 Minutes Gen. Zinni (former commander-in-chief of US Central Command--CENTCOM)has some strong words:

"The course is headed over Niagara Falls. I think it's time to change course a little bit or at least hold somebody responsible for putting you on this course," ... "There has been poor strategic thinking in this...poor operational planning and execution on the ground,"

Of the Presidents' Pentagon staff: "dereliction of duty"

"They promoted it and pushed [the war]...even to the point of creating their own intelligence to match their needs. Then they should bear the responsibility."

"In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility; at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption," ... "I think there was dereliction in insufficient forces being put on the ground and [in not] fully understanding the military dimensions of the plan."

"But regardless of whose responsibility...it should be evident to everybody that they've screwed up, and whose heads are rolling on this?"

Bushco will have a hard time smearing this general.