[shibumi]

Anyone offering bets on whether this story ever sees the light of day in the MSM?

[MEG33]

I just found this and have posted a link to a blog on two threads..Thank you for posting it as a thread..

I needed a hankie. God Bless this young man..Where do we get these men?

[nw_arizona_granny]

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I a glad that Cableguy found and posted this story.

[Just mythoughts]

This young man is my hero, the presence of mind even though his body is wounded and broken.

Humbling and inspiring, prayers for him.

[MEG33]

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[MEG33]

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[NVD]

Thanks for posting this wonderful Christmas story. Merry Christmas to all.

[alnick]

At this point, Rumsfeld looked choked up, and I had a lump in my throat and and watery eyes.

I saw two separate film clips of Sec Rumsfeld speaking to the troops in which he choked up. I already loved this man, but to see him overcome with emotion in the presence of our troops just heightens my respect and admiration for our SecDef.

[G.Mason]

Thanks Cableguy.

Merry Christmas ... to us all!

[Quix]

THANKS TONS.

MUCH APPRECIATED AND SENT TO MY EMAIL LIST.

Best of CHRISTmas to you and yours.

[TomGuy]

Yesterday morning, FoxNews was showing the new videos of Rumsfeld as they were coming in from Iraq.

In one, SecDef Rumsfeld was presenting The Purple Heart to a wounded soldier in bed. It was a very touching video.

[hershey]

Wonderful! Great to read, and for sure we'll never see a word of it in the MSM. I made the mistake of turning on the BBC yesterday -- they were 'analyzing' Rumsfeld's visit. (Rumsfeld's sole reason for going to Iraq was to counteract recent bad press. Sure, soldiers cheered, even gave him a standing O...but they're dolts. The implication was that if American soldiers had the brains they were borh with, they'd have all run off to Canada by now.) I turned the BBC off. Enough was enough.

[Bahbah]

"Mr. Rumsfeld, I want you to know, that you are doing a fantastic job...."

I feel that way as well, but it's going to mean a whole lot more to Rummy coming from our wounded warrior. God bless Rob, God bless Rummy, and God bless our military men and women, every one.

[Zechariah11]

Great find! Thanks for the article. Bookmarking it for keeps.

[ProudVet77]

Thanks for the post. Just what I needed on Christmas, to wake up with a blurry screen.
I particularly love this part - "through a mob of dignitaries, to include 3 and 4 star generals" I bet if The Donald (I like that) turned quickly he'd break one of their noses. Keep those multi star boobs out of the way, and let him spend more time with the troops and troopettes. They can always kiss his butt back in Washington.

[lwoodham]

I cried openly while reading this. God bless our armed forces, greatest people who will ever live!

[exDemMom]

Then remarkably, the young soldier, who had just lost his left hand and right eye from an explosion, came to the defense of the Secretary of Defense, stating "Mr. Rumsfeld, I want you to know, that you are doing a fantastic job. I know that you are taking a lot of heat for the problems with getting armor for vehicles. I want you to know that things are vastly improved. Our vehicles are great, and I have never searched through junk piles for scrap metal."

That is showing amazing presence of mind for someone just out of surgery. I would think that most people, if they can speak at all, usually manage "mumble mumble feel terrible mumble go away mumble" and stuff like that.

[Netizen]

Ping me when the pics are posted, I'd love to see them. :)

[Enterprise]

Great post, thank you.

[Keith in Iowa]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1307671/posts?page=5#5

That's the first-hand account from the one who asked Rummy the killer question about how biased the media is.