"A retired Marine Corps general has struck a nerve here by criticizing the US military brass for remaining silent while the Bush administration's marched the country into an 'invented war' in Iraq.

...the attacks by retired Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold and two other prominent retired military leaders have brought to the surface long-standing frictions between the military and its civilian leaders over Iraq.

The generals have called for the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blaming him for, among other things, not committing enough troops to secure Iraq after the 2003 invasion."