A Mutiny Afoot?

Brian Zick

Think Progress quotes Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker, and has the video clip, from her appearance on NBC’s Chris Matthews Show this morning: TUCKER: Look for a revolt from active-duty generals if September rolls around and the president is sticking with the surge into ‘08. We’ve already heard from retired generals. But my Atlanta Journal-Constitution colleague Jay Bookman has lots of sources among currently serving military officers who don’t want to fall by the wayside like the generals in Vietnam did, kept pushing a war that they knew was lost.

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