[snugs]

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, right, lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery marking the anniversary of the 2001 Sept. 11 terror attacks, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, in Arlingotn, Va

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (L) hugs Wanda Lamana at the Pentagon Group Burial Marker at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, September 11, 2005

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wipes away tears as he greets family members of victims of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon Group Burial Marker at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia September 11, 2005

I bet you will not see those 2 photos in the MSM that does not reflect their image of Donald Rumsfeld

[pollyannaish]

I have enourmous respect for those two men...men who walk the walk, but still know how to talk the talk.

Thanks for the great pics.

[Wolfstar]

Great photos, snugs. Gen. Myers' term as chairman of the JC is almost up, and he will be retiring shortly. I'll miss him.

[TruthNtegrity]

Thanks for the pics of my two favorite guys! I love Rummy as Gen. Richard Myers as though they were members of my family.

One of the hardest parts about this move is that I am no longer a 15-min. drive from Arlington. I can't go to Arlington on days like today, to pay my respects.

I knew 9 of those 184 killed in the Pentagon crash, and my younger brother worked in that exact part of the Pentagon up until 6 mos. prior.

I also knew 22 people killed in the World Trade Towers, who were from my home town in NY.

I feel like it was only yesterday - seeing the jets flying nito the World Trade towers, then the Pentagon, and then finally hearing about Flight 93 in a field in Pennsylvania.

I find it so hard to believe how the people in NO have reacted - by looting, murder, knifings, sitting around waiting to be rescued.

Right after the towers fell, the Firemen and Policemen and EMT's started searching for their brothers in the rubble. There wasn't anyone to direct them - they just did what was necessary.

I didn't see any of that "can do" American attitude in N.O. Instead I saw a lot of people who seemed to think the Government - in the form of their Major or their Senator, or their Govenor, or their President should do something to help them. They werent' busy helping one another.

This fiasco in NO and LA has to be the biggest indictment of the "welfare state" and how it robs people of their initiative, of their motivation to selflessly help one another and sit, bellyaching about the victims they've become. Perfect victims, I might add.

What we've seen is how the Democrat "ideal" of hand-outs, entitlements and foodstamps takes people away from their independent attitudes, their "I can do this" thinking, and turns them into people who can only say, "when are you going to rescue me?" I find their helplessness really hard to stomach and/or understand.