Rumsfeld has to go, for Bush's sake

I don't believe the Iranians to be as big a threat as the Saudis and the Pakis.

And are the Iranians funding the insurgency? My money is on AQ via Saudi.

And I believve the Iranian people are far more proAmerican than the others and we should be helpiing them overthrow the mullahs.

They aren't' Arabs, are heirs to a preislamic civilization and we'd be better off using soft force to change the authority of the mullahs.

Wouldn't you like to see one of these "reporters" just once tell the truth. They hide it in their words. They just dance around it.

Rumsfeld must resign for two very simple reasons: It will show the world the (LEFT,CRIMINAL,LIBERAL,WEAKGUTTED) side of American character, and it is in line with our (LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC LED) society's concept for any personal responsibility. For the sake of not only (DESTROYING ALL MORAL) values but also (OUTLAWING) them in front of the world, when we (SO OPENLY AND GLIBLY) prove that we're self-righteous hypocrites: the secretary has to leave.

With the resignation of George Tenet, the Bush detractors will start another round of the standard Librat rhetoric calling for Rumsfeld, Rice and Ashcroft to resign.
Tenet should never have stepped down. Bad move.

We heard the same predictions when Lott resigned.
Didn't happen.

The only people who will continue to call for Rumsfeld, Rice and all to resign are those lefties like Gore who have been doing so all along.

Besides, I heard that some really heavy stuff was about to come down on Tenet soon, and that it was much better for Bush that he step down now, rather than later.

Trent Lott should not have resigned his leadership position. Period. George Tenet should not have resigned as DCIA. Period. Aside from that fact, these are two different situations and two different sets of circumstances. This is a time for unity in the ranks of both the GOP and the Bush administration. I also don't believe the President is a liar. Bush's statement today was honest and real. He should have demanded Tenet stay on until after the election. I don't believe in giving the Librats and their cohorts in the media, any more ammunition. They have enough already.

Sorry to disagree, but he's the top man (or person) in the chain-of-command short of the president himself. All he has to do each day is run the war, etc. As the boss, he is fully responsible for the prison atrocities,as all bosses in all organizations are, and particularly because he heads an organization where accountability goes right up the chain of command. He chose to be SecDef, so he gets both the prerogatives and the penalties. He is also a well-educated man who perfectly well knew the ways of the world--and certainly knew about the many prisoner and obedience to authority studies that every university graduate learns about in psychology 101. The president knows them too, but he has had other obligations during this time frame. Rummie only has to run the DoD. Sorry, but Rummie has to go. IMHO it would be better if Cheney went as well. Why should a good president go down at a critical time just to indulge a couple of exceedingly wealthy old farts who have failed to cut the mustard lately, though in the long run, and broadly speaking, they have previously been as good or better than we usually get in the offices they currently hold. Still, when you gotta go, you gotta go--and oughta go without invitation. George Tenet shows the way. The line between being an asset and baggage is a difficult one to identify, but one would hope that Rumsfield and Cheney will figure out that they have become baggage. If Bush loses, they go, anyway. But why should Bush go because of them? Rumsfield and Cheney would be easily replaced and their successors would almost certainly be able and exciting, with ability, and without the baggage that Rumsfield and Cheney have had almost from the start.
On the other hand, at this point the only replacement for Bush has to be Kerry or Nader. Who wants that as the alternative to Bush (Rumsfield and Cheney?)

So are you an Aggie or a Longhorn?

Longhorn, although I can't say much since my family is almost evenly divided between Raiders, Aggies, and Longhorns.

I have nothing really against Tech, but I do wonder how/why folks stay in Lubbock. I remember when I was young, visiting relatives out in that area and there was a smell that seemed to permeate everything. That and the high winds plus the dirt that felt like somebody was rubbing you with sandpaper.

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