President George W. Bush (news - web sites) defended growing criticism of his embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, during a years-end press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Bush declared of Rumsfeld, I know Secretary Rumsfelds heartHes a good, decent man. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) with US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch. Bush admitted that Iraqi forces were not ready to replace US-led troops and warned that Iraqi elections set for January 30 would not spell the end of deadly violence there.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
And that's a good thing.
Embattled by who? The MSM? Give me a break!
In this photo provided by Meet The Press, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) Sen. John Warner (news, bio, voting record), R-Va., left, listens as Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., talks about Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC Studios Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004 in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Alex Wong)
In this photo provided by CBS News, Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record), R-Neb., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, appears on CBS' Face the Nation where he expressed his lack of confidence in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004. Hagel is a Vietnam veteran and joins other leading Republicans who think Rumsfeld has not done a good job managing the war in Iraq (news - web sites), but says the decision on whether to replace him is up to President Bush (news - web sites). (AP Photo/CBS News, Karin Cooper)
If the rats, the rinos Chuck Hagel and John McCain are against him, it means that Rummy is good for the country.
Hmmmm? And .. what was the SIGNING PROCEDURE for the Clinton SecDev during Kosovo and Bosnia; Somalia ..?? Has any member of the media bothered to check ..?? Probably not!
I am really tired of hearing all this crap from the media and the armchair generals in congress about the lack of
armoured Humvees. The Humvee was a replacement for the Jeep,
and in that role it does a damn fine job. It is faster, carries more stuff, is safer and adapts well to other callings, like litter carrier, gun mount etc.
It was never intended to be an armoured vehicle. I doubt any amount of armour added to it will keep our guys safe when a large IED or car bomb goes off next to it.
I bet if you talk to the motor pool guys over there, the
Humvees that are up-armoured are always breaking down with
broken axels, bearings destroyed, springs broken and just
general overload on the whole vehicle.
If you want armour for the troops, then put them in armoured troop carriers or tanks. If you want our guys to
interact with the local population then that is not an option.
In my opinion what we need is to get the imbedded reporters
out of there and let our guys go get the people who make and plant these bombs and KILL EM'.
Caught your call defending Rumsfeld about 7 pm EST to the Mark Levine Show (guest host Mark Simone) on WABC.
Great call! Merry Christmas!
He is.
After the attack on the Pentegon while John Kerry and other Democrats were sitting around and shaking like a dog trying to Sh** a peach seed, Donald Rumsfield was helping evacuate the wounded on strechers.