Maj Gen John Batiste (Ret.): “Mr. President, you did not listen. You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking (our military).”

Salon.com By Sidney Blumenthal The White House political director was clearly at the center of the partisan plot to fire U.S. attorneys, despite the administration’s clumsy attempts to pretend otherwise. The Bush administration’s first instinct was to shield Karl Rove from scrutiny when Congress began inquiring about the unusual firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Among…