WINGNUT GENERAL

Today I listened to the tail end of an interview Laura the War Whore Ingraham had with retired Lt. Gen. McInerney. What struck me was this statement he made: "They defeated the most powerful army in 3 weeks." (I do not have the transcript, so this is from memory and may be slightly off, but only slightly) This referred to the Iraq War and the claim that the Iraqi Army was powerful after Gulf 1 and years of sanctions is plainly false. Naturally, Ingraham did not ask him about this claim because the whole point of the statement was to defend the "brilliance" of Donald Rumsfeld.

I did a little googling and found that McInerney is a certifiable wingnut. An article in NewsMax recounts statements by him that smeared John Kerry. MediaMatters found that McInerney also played a part in the smearing of Joe Wilson. McInerney is also part of FAUX NEWS stable of wingnut "military experts."

Here's his bio from the Iran Policy Committee:

Lt. General Thomas McInerney USAF, (Ret.): General McInerney established his own consulting firm, GRTT (Government Reform Through Technology) in January 2000. Working with high-tech companies that do business with federal, state, city, and local governments, GRRT helps them introduce advanced technology into the private sector. From 1996-1999, Gen. McInerney was Chief Executive Officer and President of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a national, nonpartisan organization of business and professional leaders, with headquarters in Washington. Prior to joining BENS, Gen. McInerney was Vice President of Command and Control for Loral Defense Systems-Eagan. He joined Loral (then Unisys Electronic Systems Division) in 1994, following 35 years as a pilot, commander, and Joint Force Commander in the United States Air Force. Gen. McInerney retired from military service as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and as Director of the Defense Performance Review (DPR), reporting to the Secretary of Defense. In that capacity, he led the Pentagon's "reinventing government" effort, visiting more than 100 leading-edge commercial companies to assimilate their ideas about business re-engineering.

Gen. McInerney earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the U.S. Military Academy in 1959 and a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University in 1972. He completed Armed Forces Staff College in 1970 and the National War College in 1973. Gen. McInerney is a member of several Boards of Directors.