General disregard for other opinions

-By Tony Auth via Slate.com

On the Al Franken show today, Retired General Tony Zinni talked about the differences between the Secretaries of Defense of the past versus current Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He talked about when Richard Cohen was the Secretary under President Clinton, Secretary Cohen brought General Zinni to see President Clinton so he could tell the president that he did not agree with a plan they were going to implement and give the reasons why he didn't agree. General Zinni said under Secretary Rumsfeld that would never happen.

Perhaps that's why so many retired generals are starting to speak up about the problems at the Pentagon. You can read a 60 Minutes interview with General Zinni here if you want to learn more about why he is speaking out.