Belgravia Dispatch reports on the re-emergence (did he ever really disappear) of retired General and GOG plankholder Zinni. Zinni logrolls another Marine, former LANTCOM head General John Sheehan. Between both of them, their two or three brain cells are firing off on the Administration not knowing where to go in Iraq. Zinni thinks we need to rethink our strategy on how to “handle” Iraq,” lest the Middle East become a sanctuary for extremist groups.

Sheesh. Was he sleeping during his intel briefings when he more or less ran CENTCOM?

Zinni goes on to offer that more debate was needed on policy and strategy in the Middle East. Then he telegraphs his “every Marine is a rifleman first” mindset by framing major Middle East policy initiatives in tactical terms: “You can make an argument for a surge if you were going to withdraw, to cover the withdrawal, for example, or to contain, to reposition forces or to re-engage in a different way or a stronger way.”

OK, lieutenant.

Your Gang of Generals poster stands unamended after your latest PR effort: