I really appreciate his candor and hope his leaving is not punishment for honesty.

Ask Brian to find out why there is a means test for veterans for medicines from va hospitals. A veteran is a veteran and his income should have no bearing on his status.

And another one bites the dust! Pretty sad because I believe him and not George, who is a chronic liar!

So much for the truth in this administration!

He is a brave and strong man. Glad he did not waste his talent on this sad administration!

"And the truth shall make you free." Free to find other employment.

Knee replacement? Yes, after he was taken off at the knees for telling the truth.

It took some courage for Redd to speak the truth, knowing he'd be shot in a heartbeat. I'm surprised his resignation excuse did not cite a need to spend time with his family, if only for tongue-in-cheek value.

Does anyone really think he resigned? This is just another example of how things are done in the Bush Administration. If you say something contrary to the administration you are fired. This is what they mean when they the truth hurts.

Every day and in every way Iraq is getting better and better. Remember to keep saying that and your Bushie job is safe!

Of course Fran Townsend would say otherwise. I can't stand seeing her on the idiot box any more than I can stand looking at Bush or Mr. and Mrs. Prince of Darkness.

At this point, any "for medical reasons" excuse coming from this administration sounds like the good old days of the USSR when their premier would "leave on a vacation for the country" for a couple months...and never be seen again.

What the heck is probably not safer? Who is that on the phone? Why won't my dog dance? How much is plastic and duck tape these days?

Yeah...his medical advisor, Dr. Richard "So Scary That Putin Diverts His Eyes" Cheney, advised he take some time off "for the sake of his kneecaps".

Just too coincidental that the only person in the administration to say anything contrary to the official line has to leave right away for "personal reason"...BS. They have to know at this point nobody of any credibility or reason believes a word they say; they may as well stop lying to us and just stay mum for the next 15 months.

If you are honest, you will never survive the Bush administration..its a cut-throat and dishonest Bush administration.

Truth telling is a fatal disease in this administration. Thank you, sir.

Is there anyone besides Bush and his puppet master, who contends that the Bush regime has done anything for Americans except make billions of peopole despise us?

Well, I guess it's possible that he had already decided to step down to get the knee surgery and therefore felt free to speak the truth.

"Ask Brian to find out why there is a means test for veterans for medicines from va hospitals. A veteran is a veteran and his income should have no bearing on his status."

The means testing is a mean presidents way of expressing his contemp for anyone who is not a rich contributor.

In America we sell injustice to the rich and force it on the poor.

His job is to keep us safe not scare us unnecessarily with reckless comments. He's right to resign. Such a schmuck shouldn't be terror chief.

His job was to keep us safe not scare us unnecessarily with reckless comments. That schmuck was right to resign.

Capped at the knees for being right on the mark.

How long before he finds the courage to tell the truth, that he was forced to resign, that he had concerns all along, blah, blah, blah...

why does the BUsh admin care so much when someone like him says the obvious. We already know!! honestly, guys, We already know that invading Iraq did nothing for us. What makes you think we haven't figured all that out already???? and for the good of our future and all our other would-be-frivolous wars, isn't it just better we all learn from this fiasco to NEVER invade unless it is REALLY For our own good???? why deprive us of at least getting a learning experience out of this if nothing else at all.

Looks like another one bites the dust. Good for him for telling the truth. No one
believes our corrupt President.

I just passed through customs in Brazil to Miami. What a laugh. I set off the machines, again, with my artificial hip, requiring seven minutes of straight-faced public bodily pat-down (again). I am a Brit background American Grandmother of almost 70 with my other hip needing replacement so I am limping. Do you think at least you could crack a smile and have a few manners while putting us old folks through this? Do folks in the states realize how mean and nasty we look to people from other countries as we go through this charade? Doing your job does NOT mean you can't be pleasant and welcoming to people who get caught in this trap! Before this is done, we won't have a friend left in the world and deservedly so. Does it matter if we end up being safe from the jihadists if we are looked on as piranas by our friends and neighbors?

The spokesman who said Redd's resignation was not related to his comments gets today's "Combustible Trousers Award." So much for all those people who think Dana Perino has that award permanently locked up.

I bet he's thinking "witness protection plan" more than "needed surgery". I do agree with him...so now I guess I'll have to resign.

With no "Terror Chief" maybe we won't be terrorized by Washington DC anymore. Thank Heaven "Christian" Cheney and Bush didn't win their torture arguments. By now they'd be torturing Americans who speak against them, their insane, wars, besides seizing our property for theirs and friends bank accounts.
Interesting thing is, what mess will they create next, to terrorize us with?

You guys posting are very funny
and truthful I love it! You guys
have covered the whole scope.

This bush crime family is beyond
the pale. How in the world could
this animal/monster last two terms,
knowing that the electronic voting
machines are owned by the Private
Sector without oversight from the
GAO.

Are you okay with a Fascist run
Gov't? I say you are if youre not
screaming for IMPEACHMENT and
conviction! We have the evidence!!!

Of course he's being punished for his candor. He can add his name to the long list-Bush doesn't let anyone tell the truth and get away with it- not on his watch.

How do I know this? I'm a military family member who spoke out against Bushco-repeatedly. Since that time, I have been audited by the IRS (for a W-2 and mortgage deduction) got tax bills from cities I never lived in, had my drivers license canceled by a state I've never been to, etc.

Another Bushie bites the dust, this one for telling the truth.

Guess we should be lucky they didn't go with their first option. Duck hunting with Cheney.

Be well, sir. Thank you for speaking truth to power. It takes nerve in these days of fascism, but it's important if we are to save what's left of our Constitution.

Geeez....and you neo-cons said you felt safer under Bush.????

Knee surgery, huh?

Fran Townsend - the only thing she could possibly know about terrorism is how to spell it. Yes, let's hire the bimbo and allow her statement to override the Admiral's. What could he possibly know?

He was fired, plain and simple. They all are when they speak the truth in public.

"TRUTH IS THE ENEMY": The guiding principles of the Bush Jr administration. George Orwell was dead-on right.

Not to play the cynic here, but how do we know he wasn't planning on retiring, and made this announcement because he was already on his way out? That makes this move a little less courageous.

I'm perfectly willing to see if he got booted, but we seem awfully quick to give a guy the benefit of the doubt without knowing the true back story; this is a man who worked in an administration overrun with cronyism, corruption and deeply warped pathology.

Gee I guess you could say they cut him off at the knees....so to speak!

Something doesn't ring quite right.

He has a medical problem requiring surgery that he said he can no longer neglect....yet he's not retiring FOR A MONTH?

Well, at least he's original...he didn't say he was leaving to spend more time with his family!

The point of this BS story is that you are "not safer from terrorism today".
That's all folks.
He isn't saying anything we don't know. He is going by the script. Don't you get it yet? There is no war on "terror".
This is a war OF terror being conducted by the US media and Pentagon Productions, Inc.

we can only hope and pray to our God that the Presidents valient war of terror will be even half as successful as the War on Drugs -

Well said, TimO. Today's angle on the story is a 2-for-1 Terror-ganda Prop Special because it reinforces "not safer" PLUS offers the "resignation" of an official who didn't follow the script. Typical MSM.

Wake up folks, and call your Congress member (once a week?) to demand they pull the pursestrings on this "war on terror" insanity. It's like Prohibition on steriods. We can find a better way. We are STILL AMERICA!

Of course we are not safer, there is still a tiny bit of revenue to be sucked up by the Military Industrial Complex. In fact I am quite sure we are not safer. The Constitution still exists. We will only be safer when all power is in the hands of one, all powerful, all knowing President for Life. Be patient, its coming.

Wow, I can't believe the number of NUTS commenting on this article.

[sarcasm]We all know that muslims didn't hate us and weren't attacking us prior to the Iraq invasion right?[/sarcasm]

Come on folks - day you have to be honest with yourself and realize that there are mean, scary people that want 300,000 dead next time. The first 3000 were just a preview. Or did you not get the memo?

Being aggressive against the supporters of the caliphate - wherever we can find them - is necessary for our long term survival. Yes he had WMD's and yes we helped him develop them during the iran/iraq war. He was a risk we couldn't live with any more.

Iran is next... They've gotten a free pass since 1979 (thanks Jimmy)

When ever someone needs a pass, Bush gives him one by having them preach the scare tactic of we are not safe. Say it enough and they start believing it.

I thought the administration does not believe in 'torture' !

No good deed goes unpunished. Contradicting a Bush administration fairy tale, followed by immediate resignation for Health Reasons, speaks for itself.

At least he is telling the truth....and for what he did, he lost his job by telling he needs to have a long overdue surgery...which is really a BULL....who would believe him on that???? Another sad story from someone who is telling the truth and getting fired for being honest...so sad...we're losing a lot of friends overseas bec of this administration...sigh...

Uh, oh. He must have broken the 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God George W. Bush in vain". Did they break his knees too?

[quote]preach the scare tactic of we are not safe. Say it enough and they start believing it.
[/quote]

You libs have to find a way to keep those thousands of 9/11 victim's families quiet so your line of reasoning seems plausible... Nobody is going to believe it with all those parentless children running around.

Oh and get your friends in the press to hide the 9/11 footage even deeper in their archives... Especially the part with the office workers making the 'thump' sound when they hit the ground - after jumping from the imaginary fires - in the towers that never existed - that were hit by the friendly muslims - that really liked us prior to invading Iraq.

Keep your eyes closed- it was just a bad dream.

Well I'm sure Bush the Decider knows what's best. Bush's previous brush with terror was when he was in college and ran out of beer after the stores had closed!

Sam Houston, Iran is not a supporter of Caliphate, Saddam was not a supporter of Caliphate, his vice-president was a Christian, even the Talibans did not declare themselves to be a Caliph. Your great president Bush is fighting phantoms and killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the process. If you are scared of every memo issued by someone hiding in a cave you must be a real paranoid.

I'm sure Bush the Decider knows more about terrorism than this expert. Bush has first hand knowledge. Once at a party, they ran out of beer and the stores were closed. That was terrifying!

Has the ability to analyze what someone says been completely removed from the skill-set of reporters? Redd says we are not any safer than we were before the invasion of Iraq. He doesn't say anything about how safe we would have been had we not invaded. Townsend says we would be less safe if we had not invaded. There is no contradiction. This is not to say either of them is correct, but the incompetence of this reporter is amazing.

[quote]Iran is not a supporter of Caliphate, Saddam was not a supporter of Caliphate[/quote]

You should study the subjects before you post. At least use google...

Barbara: Ok, I have two implanted hips, Right side, 3rd one, left side, 2nd one; one knee implant; severely damaged sight and hearing. So what? I got my injuries on the battlefield, fighting for thr USA, along with millions of others like me. So what? It will never get through to the Lefty Libs that talking to tyrants does not work (see Neville Chamberlain, "Peace in our time"). No one can say that we are safer because of the Iraq war, but everyone should acknowledge that the US has not been attacked since 9/11. Maybe there is a correlation, but the Libs will not, indeed cannot, see that because of their blind hate for Bush who kept that idiot Algore out of the White House.
And, today, one of the major networks reported that there is NO NEWS from Baghdad, because no one had been attacked; no injuries, no deaths. NO NEWS, or simply wonderful news? What do you Libs say to that?

I wonder if during the time that he was on active duty, as an admiral, if one of his command would have said something like that if that person would have been kicked out of service for "defamation".
I am shocked at the number of idiots who still think that GW Bush is a "liar".
Try Hillary or Bill Clinton for the litmus test of "liar".

He says that the Bush administration screwed up and three days later he is out.

Of course they are not related. Just a coincidence.

He committed a big booboo. You can't tell the truth with Bush and Cheney in office. When you don't follow their script and say things that we the people already know, it is the worst thing for this administration. Now you have enraged them with horror and anger since you are saying what the democrats say and You Must GO.

Captain Crunch, God bless you for your service. These thugs are unbelievable and evil to an horrible extent. I hate how you have been mistreated. You should testify before congress with this harrassment. It is illegal. You should at least contact the Democratic Party about these ruthless communistic actions taken against you. My husband served in Iraq and he knew how wrong the war was and continues to be.

just keep things like this in mind when they tell you we have to take out iran next

Sam Houston, You are probably confusing Saddam's regime with the Abbasid Caliphate, do some reading beyond just google search. The Baathist party followed a secular socialist ideology. The party founder Michel Aflaq was a Christian.
See Wikipedia: "The Arabic word Ba'th means "resurrection" as in the party's founder Michel Aflaq's published works "On The Way Of Resurrection". Ba'thist beliefs combine Arab Socialism, nationalism, and Pan-Arabism. The mostly secular ideology often contrasts with that of other Arab governments in the Middle East, which sometimes tend to have leanings towards Islamism and theocracy."

It is true that 9/11 was a heinous crime in which 3000 innocent people died. But, fortunately, all those who carried out the crime died too. How many innocent people should we kill to avenge the 3000 deaths? Do you really think that all these wars are to avenge the 9/11 massacre? If there was no 9/11 the warmongers would have found some other excuse. Read PNAC.

Fascintaing to have a look on the other side of the fence. I see the middle class ship is almost under water. The nEW wORLD oDOR darkenss keeps all you folk whispering and supposing what's really going on when the 'elite' morons have done the deed ascribed by the prince of darkness. As has been spoken in millenia past, 'you have denied Me, and now I deny you', for you make a mockery (especially christians) of that which is right and just. Sit quietly in your electronic caves and enjoy the idea of your future life in a debt camp operated by a private contractor (China).
I suppose the sterilized christian population is just as silent when they learn that Blackwater (genocide) is owned/operated by a right wing christian family, one of bush's cash supporters no doubt. bUSH was very correct, if you're not with us, you're against us. And their words exact their actions every time.

This message brought to you by a man that learned he was wasting his time informing the population of what is really going on in your country. Chicken do come home to roost.

Tell the truth and lose your Bushco 'job.'

Fight in the U.S. military and you're prolonging the day of reckoning for the criminals in Washington.

The American citizens or people of any other democratic governmant must have honest information in order to make wise judgements...and yes bush, in this particular Constitutional Nation,
judgement "of the people, by the people, and for the people" has to matter.
Or do you really want it your way: a gaggle of amoral thugs adopting facsism and regarding the Constitution as "just a goddam pease of paper" YOUR wORDS!!!

He was a little too honest for the Bush administration, eh? I knew that he hung himself when he said that we were no safer since 9/11

At least he didn't end up like the publisher of an anti-Government newspaper a few years ago in drug-infested Sinaloa state (Mexico) - hanging from a noose in his garage, a suicide note pinned to his chest stating "I could no longer bear the shame of having offended my President" - and 26 bullet holes in his back. So God bless Bush and his Luciferian co-conspirators, choke choke aaarrrgghhh!

Let Blackwater stay in Iraq and die over there, cause the more that die over there the less that will come after US here, when Martial Law kicks in! As long as there is a CIA there will always be an Alqeada. We have met the Enemy and he is wearing a black suit and sunglasses and he is a Drug Selling, Lying, Pedophile, Punk!

Lying Murderous Liar. Clinton lied about a sex act that affected No one. Bush et all have lied about everything possible and fired anyone with the nerve to tell the truth. Ask Shinseki. For crimes against humanity and egregious defamation of the US Constitution: I M P E A C H IMPEACH I M P E A C H
Outing Plame and other Rove tricks. Treasonous lying election stealing, Diebold-Blackwater conflict of interest, Gonzales-Rumsfeld war crimes. Bush FAMILY agenda from Pappy funding Hitler to GHW Bush propping up Saddam, IRAN CONTRA, October Surprise - who is at the bottom of all this? Sickness. IMPEACH!! Let the chips fall where they may. For Building Seven and the MELTED steel, INVESTIGATE... the truth shall set you free. Free to be Americans and honestly share peace with the world not economic hardship and DOMINATION. Get over yourselves jingoistic LOSERS who have to rely upon WAR FEAR and INTIMIDATION, Secret Spying and LIES to thwart the will of the people. KATRINA? For SHAME America. INVESTIGATE - IMPEACH - HEAL and Grow Up!

Another liar. Let him be. To what terrorism does he refer. Does he mean the Arab gentleman, last reported by CIA dying of kidney failure in a Mid East hospital, who nips over to a cave in Afghan, to shut down the half trillion dollar US air defences with his laptop? And then to create 300 plus new-physics anomalies?

And the USDA's plan to tag and track every last livestock animal in the US is just another part of what this administration has done to us in the name of "security".

The best way to explain how NAIS will work is to say I (corporate agriculture, factory farming) have a sickness but I make YOU (average horse, cow, chicken owner, 4H, FFA)take the medicine to cure it and YOU (average horse, cow, chicken owner, 4H, FFA)also pay for it but I (corporate agriculture, factory farming)go bragging to the world how healthy I (corporate agriculture, factory farming)am because you (average horse, cow, chicken owner, 4H, FFA)are taking the medicine....talk about sounding ridiculous but that is what the USDA wants us to swallow.

The USDA thinks they have the answer to all these meat recall problems... NAIS (national animal identification system) It will require all those who own even one chicken, or other livestock animal, to register their premises, microchip and file birth, death and movement reports so the govt know where those animals are at any moment. The silly reasons given for this program range from bird flu, mad cow, bioterrorist attack or any number of "you need our help" garbage but the real reason is to benefit multi billion dollar corporate agriculture so they can improve their marketability while sticking it to the small producer or pet pot belly pig owner. But NAIS tracibility ends at the moment the animal goes to slaughter.

I understand that he needed his knee's replaced but it sounds like he may have needed something replaced in the cranium also.

I guess this guy just learned what the rest of us knew all along: if you tell the truth, and King Bush and his disgusting cronies don't agree with it, they will misuse their power to destroy you. What a pathetic, corrupt, abusive, vicious, vindictive, mediocre administration.

Lets start being honest about the terrorism threat,maybe then we can prepare for it properly! Lets stop being our enemy's best propaganda agent.There are enough people who hate us and that will not change,but most people want the same thing:to have a healthy,educated,and safe family.We need to win the propaganda war or our enemies will continue to have an unlimited supply of recruits.There are many people who are undecided about which side they will be on and their impression of us will determine which route they will take.We should fight the terrorists with everything we have while also and just as importantly fighting their methods of recruitement. Every time the foriegn news gets a story that our country did something [by accident or on purpose] that can be interperted as against Islam or as against a foriegn country, we are helping our enemies get more support and more recruits.
KNOW YOUR EMEMY ! KNOW THEIR LANGUAGE, RELIGON, CUSTOMS, CULTURE, OBJECTIVES, AND MORE.IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR ENEMIES GOALS YOU WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE.
Combine this with convincing them that we are not their enemy so less will be interested in fighting.
Historically England has been our biggest enemy [colonies,revolutionary war,war of 1812].World War II was the allies against Germany,Japan,and Italy. These are now our greatest friends and allies.Maybe someone should tell our enemies that if we can resolve our differences [not change our goals,but convince our enemies to share our goals for a better life] they can be used in the same sentence as these other former enemies.

Alan, nice post! but the statement: "not change our goals,but convince our enemies to share our goals for a better life" is a bit problematic. If our goals for a better life requires us to conquer them to grab their resources then we have an inherent conflict with them. This can be resolved only if we change our goal and bring our troops back and let them sell their resources in the free market. Our conflict with Britain got resolved only after the Brits changed their goals and gave up the idea of annexing us to their empire. likewise, we will have to change our goal, mere 'convincing them' will not work.

I guess it is not surprising that anyone who tells the truth in the Bush White House has to resign for "health reasons". What was it "resign now, or we break your knee-caps"?

Admiral Redd, you are a man of great integrity, and you are such a great example to so many of us. You have served your country honorably and your sacrifices have not been in vain! God bless you for your many years of service. Wishing you all the best in all of your future endeavors.

I appreciate his honesty and I pray for his health.

The nation would be in much better shape if more senior members of the government, uniformed and civilian, would follow the example of Adm. Redd and walk out on that incompetent and criminal gang in the White House.

Admiral Redd, thank you for your service to your country and for your honesty, both of which have been sorely lacking in this administration.

So sad that we, as a nation, have come to this. This president has absolutely no credibility left with the majority of US citizens and his heir apparent (all of them) are no better.

NO PRESSURE TO STEP DOWN.....
No matter how many Al Quada we kill, we are not safer since the Iraq invasion.
The Administration isn't even worried
about how this might look. Because as
K. Rove taught them...lies work.

Yes he resigned and you all call dictator bush a liar but remember,you all voted him in but 2 TIMWS,what does that say for you people out there,2 times.if it would be any other president he would be impeaches all ready,like clinton for just sex,wow,you must hate sex to impeach for that but bush who is worst than hitler and VOTE HIM IN 2 TIMES!!!!!!!
WHO WILL RESIGN NEXT AND WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT CLINTON"S WIFE WHO WANTS TO BOMMB EVERY ONE thank you america for making the world a toilet

This is my husbands uncle. He truely did step down to have his knees replaced and not for other reasons. he has had many years of pain and this needed to be done.

Thanks.