Rudy Giuliani, Bill Kristol

Support our troops.

What part of supporting our troops doesn't the former mayor understand? And I quote:

From the October 28 edition of NBC's Today Show
GIULIANI: The president was cautious. The president was prudent. The president did what a commander in chief should do. And no matter how much you try to blame it on the president, the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?
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Are you kidding me? The troops should take responsibility. Responsibility for what? Responsibility for the administration's failure to make securing weapon's depots a priority? The IAEA had sealed the site at Al Qa Qaa holding more than 300 tons of high explosives and kept it intact for years prior to the invasion.

Conservative Pundit Bill Kristol chimed in also:
From the October 28 edition of FOX News Channel's FOX News Live:
KRISTOL: The Bush campaign was actually slow to respond, I think, but finally yesterday pointed out that Kerry was launching very serious charges against the president of the United States, based on a thinly sourced New York Times article, charges that really impugn the competence of the U.S. military. [President] George [W.] Bush didn't decide, you know, "skip that dump" [the Al Qaqaa military installation, where the missing explosives were supposedly housed]. That was 101st [Airborne Division] or the 3rd ID [Infantry Division], "skip that arms dump." That's not a decision made by the president, that's made on the ground. Even if there were some weapons there, this is what happens in war. You know you have to make tough decisions, leave some stuff to take care of later.

uhhhh, yes Bush decided "skip that dump." In fact he said skip all the dumps. He said guard the Oil Ministry, guard the pipelines!

But when someone criticizes the fearless leader, there is only one thing the loyal minions can do: lay blame elsewhere. It worked in Abu Ghraib. Send the NCO's to jail. Go after the privates. Yeah, widespread abuse is usually the work of the grunts, not the officers overseeing everything or the commanders who set policy.

So, if we can deflect from Rumsfeld by going after the grunts on the prisons, we can do the same for the President. President Bush didn't tell the 101st Airborne to not secure the dump. No, he just told him to secure the Oil Ministry, knock down the statue of Saddam, and get that guy who tried to kill my daddy!