Paul Eaton

“Rumsfeld had ‘next war-itis’, which was a contributing factor to Bush firing him after the shellacking that the Republican party had in the [2006] midterms,”

Paul Eaton · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Eaton compared Hegseth's situation to Rumsfeld's 'next war-itis' that contributed to Bush firing him.

“If you fail to plan, plan to fail, and what we’re seeing in the Iran war is just evidence. The frustration is, we’re better than this in the uniformed military but we got handed a terrible set of guidance from our civilian leadership.”

Paul Eaton · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Eaton said the Iran war evidence shows the military received terrible guidance from civilian leadership.

“But this is infinitely worse because we had a lot of other very smart people to corral the bad ideas coming out of Rumsfeld. [This time] we’ve had the whole removal of seasoned men and women who have learned things the hard way most of the time in combat.”

Paul Eaton · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Eaton said the current situation is infinitely worse than under Rumsfeld due to the removal of seasoned personnel.

“All this sounds faintly familiar with what we’re going through right now.”

Paul Eaton · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Eaton said Rumsfeld's situation sounds faintly familiar to the current one.