Brice writes:

> General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said
>  yesterday (March 30, 2003) on "Meet the Press", that criticism of the war
>  plan was not fair:
>  
>  "Nobody ever promised a short war. This is going to be a tough war, a tough
>  slog yet, and no responsible official I know has ever said anything
>  different."
>  
>  =======================================
>  
>  This quote of all of them you posted is the most inaccurate.

I must admit that I quoted Myers' comments from memory, but the transcript of 
yesterday's "Meet the Press" is now up on the web. He said in full:

GEN. MYERS: "No, I don’t think it is fair. I think from the very beginning, 
and anybody that’s listened to anything that I’ve had to say or other senior 
military officers, to include General Franks or the secretary, nobody ever 
promised a short war. We thought it’d be sort of uneven. We thought it would 
not be linear; that there would be some parts that would go quicker than 
other parts. I think the toughest part is ahead of us as we start to engage 
the Republican Guard divisions that are arrayed around Baghdad. But nobody 
should have any illusions that this is going to be a quick and easy victory. 
This is going to be a tough war, a tough slog yet, and no responsible 
official I know has ever said anything different once this war has started."

   --http://www.msnbc.com/news/892957.asp

Wirt Atmar

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