October Surprise - Update

The Indystar has a commentary that mentions a quote I feel important.

Anthony Cordesman, a senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argues that the importance of the missing explosives has been exaggerated. "There is something truly absurd about focusing on 377 tons of rather ordinary explosives, regardless of what actually happened at al Qaqaa," Cordesman told The Washington Post in a story published Friday. "The munitions at al Qaqaa were at most around 0.06 percent of the total."

The Post also quoted retired Army Gen. Wayne Downing, who described the issue as "bogus." Downing once served as a counterterrorism adviser for President Bush but has since been critical of some of the administration's decisions. (Read here)

This is important, in my opinion, because liberals have touted General Wayne Downing (retired) for his comments against the President. Now that General Downing (retired) is not on board with the current “Bush Bash” campaign his comments don’t count! Further, these comments could support my opinion that he latest “Bush Bash” actually reflects on the military’s (that Kerry supposedly supports?) alleged incompetence then on Bush; hence General Downing’s (retired) speaking up supporting the military. What do you think?