Soldier Says He Asked Rumsfeld 'Armor' Question Without Aid of Embed

Editor and Publisher ^ | 12/19/04 | E&P Staff

[SoFloFreeper]

yeah right. whatever.

[Frank_Discussion]

*sniff*

What's that smell? Vaguely bovine...

[ragnark]

So you support the troops until they ask to be properly supported? Sounds about right.

[Piquaboy]

Sounds as if he is trying to make amends so as not to delay his next promotion.

[Frank_Discussion]

“If it costs me my career to save another soldier, I'll give it."

Oh, puhleeeze... That's so, SO out of touch and weird to say. Give your life for another, yeah. Specifically hari-kari one's "carreer"? How utterly melodramatic. Ans as if that was under threat from the the SecDef, his staff, or his superiors.

I dare say continuing to open his big yap is going to be more damaging to his carreer...

[Brilliant]

Oh. So the imbed was lying? Not too surprising.

[Wolverine]

Armor installed within 24 hours of soldiers' complaint :

..."In other words, we completed all the armoring within 24 hours of the time the question was asked.''

[paudio]

So, did he get and pass the question from the journalist or not? One of them must be lying then...

[AntiGuv]

So you support the troops until they ask to be properly supported? Sounds about right.

No, it doesn't sound right, but it does sound typical.

[Publius6961]

What a doofus.
A loser and a liar

The wording of that question, the phrasing, the "lecture-while-asking" mood of the whole thing screams...

"I am press and I am clueless, but I am out to get you, na na na na!"

Give me a freakin' break!

[roses of sharon]

These young soldiers have no idea of the faux "support" they are suddenly getting from Time and other left-wing media elites.

They will learn with maturity I quess, as we all have done.

[mass55th]

So who's telling the truth here? One of them is a liar...or could it be both?

[cyncooper]

The Time account continues: “As for Rumsfeld's brusque response — that even a fully armored vehicle ‘can be blown up’--Wilson says, ‘Personally, I didn't like that answer.’”

brusque

brusque also brusk ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brsk) adj.

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. See Synonyms at gruff.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [French, lively, fierce, from Italian brusco, coarse, rough, from Late Latin brscum, perhaps blend of Latin rscus, butcher's broom,, and Late Latin brcus, heather; see briar1.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- brusquely adv.
brusqueness n.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

brusque adj : marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusk, curt, short(p)] Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

~snip~

I fail to see how TIME can accurately characterize Rumsfeld's lengthy and thoughtful answer as "brusque". Unless they have an agenda, of course. Then I can see how they can mischaracterize it so.

[Wolverine]

PRESS = AGENDA

SOLDIER = SAVING FACE (Embarrassed by buddies)

[jackbill]

But he added, “I hope I didn't do any damage to Secretary Rumsfeld.”

No, you jackass. You just gave the RATs, MSM and some idiot Republicans talking points that will last until Rummy gets disgusted and quits.

Yeah, jackass. Proud of yourself?

[cyncooper]

wonder how many other units don't have armor yet though

If you really cared you'd know the answer has been given. Or perhaps you just want the question to hang out there as if it was shrugged off and ignored?

[jpsb]

"So you support the troops until they ask to be properly supported? Sounds about right."

Big Big BUMP.

[APFel]

That information can be easily found through a Google search. Google and thee shall find. I think you'll be surprised.

Welcome to the FR and remember, the SHIFT key isn't there only for when you readjust yourself in your computer chair.

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