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Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Les Payne column: Generals chose the right mark.

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From: Newsday (Melville, NY)
Date: 20060423
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Byline: Les Payne

Apr. 23--To appreciate the Pentagon drama unfolding in the nation's capital, one must resort not to Katie Couric but to Niccolo Machiavelli. The Florentine official penned "The Prince," a 16th-century treatise on the ruthless conduct of government policy.

A group of retired U.S. Army generals, aware no doubt of the Machiavellian regime they're up against, have dared place the war counselor of the Bush administration under siege. "We went to war with a flawed plan," said Maj. Gen. John Batiste, "that didn't account for the hard work to build the peace ...

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