The article in the AirForceTimes is a three paragraph report on what two retired generals have written and provides a single but very powerful quote. The op-ed piece in the Miami Herald that was written by the retired generals is extremely powerful and persuasive.

The three paragraphs in the Air Force Times have a link to the editorial in the Miami Herald. It is interesting that any negative story about former Vice President Cheney is placed in the Air Force Times. It is a good editorial.

refers to the Miami Herald op=ed ; but rember that this is the simi official USAF publication and NOTHING appears without the unofficial approval of the commanding generals.

This is an opinion piece written by non-journalists, but it reads well, is concise, gets directly to the point, and minces no words. In this piece the authors -- retired military commanders who should know how to do this -- capture the high moral ground by repudiating the ends-justify-the-means thinking of the people at the top of the Bush administration's power pyramid whose hubris and arrogance knew, and still know, no bounds. These authors make it crystal clear that there are at least three solid reasons for conducting ourselves in war according to the accords of the Geneva Convention. First, and obviously foremost in the authors' view, it is the right and proper thing to do in time of war; second, torture does not yield ... More »

The statements of the generals is reported without comment.

The Bush administration was always urging Congress and the public to trust the troops on the ground. To trust the generals. To judge from this piece, they themselves did that only when it was convenient for them.