Posted on 05/02/2006 10:35:30 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
WASHINGTON — In all the recent talk about whether Donald H. Rumsfeld should quit running the Pentagon, little has been said about successors who might be better able to complete the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
When lawmakers and others are pressed, the names that come up most often include several current and former members of the Senate. Some say a member of Congress taking the defense secretary’s job would improve an oft-cited Rumsfeld shortcoming — impatience with the legislative branch and a reluctance to consult fully with its members.
A current or former lawmaker also might do a better job of communicating with the public — a key factor in an election year in which party control of Congress will be up for grabs.
Even a supporter, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, calls Rumsfeld “not overly communicative.”
Names sometimes mentioned include Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., a former Navy secretary; Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn.; and former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.
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From left in these file photos, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., a former Navy secretary; former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. In all the recent talk about whether Donald H. Rumsfeld should quit running the Pentagon, little has been said about successors who might be better able to complete the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP PHOTO/file)
There's only one other person who could do it, but he's Vice President of the United States.
Ain't no one I've seen with Rummy's Balls. Takers anyone to replace this young man?
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NO NO NO I don't want him to leave or resign of be sacked.
ACLU Demands Saddam Be Released
The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a demand that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, currently being tried for crimes against humanity in Iraq, be released.
"The troops that captured Hussein did so without the benefit of a search warrant," said ACLU spokesman Bertram Petty. "This makes his arrest illegal."
Petty dismissed objections that turning this mass murderer loose would cost more lives in Iraq and possibly elsewhere. "The game has rules," said Petty. "Getting a warrant is one of those rules. It would be unfair for us to bend the rules just because lives are at stake. Two wrongs don't make a right regardless of the situation."
The Bush Administration contends that congressional authorization to use force against Iraq makes Hussein's arrest a legitimate act. "We caught this bastard," said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "There's no way we're letting him off based on the puling of some left-wing lobbyist."
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I would prefer it was PRESIDENT Rumsfeld who decided...
Warner, Nunn or Lieberman? I would laugh even if someone suggested Warner, Nunn and Lieberman.
Rummy would run rings around one or all.
Expected by whom? By the people who said we shouldn't attack because Saddam would use chemical weapons? The people who said that the invasion was a failure because we did an operational pause during a sandstorm? Exactly who expected fewer than 2400 killed?
. . . because most Rumsfeld critics are Democrats who don't even really believe in having a Defense Department at all.Who was the last successful Democratic SecDef? It wasn't Cohen, he was a Republican. His predecessor, Les Aspin, resigned in disgrace over Black Hawk Down. The last one before that was Brown, under Carter. Did he leave the military in good shape? Well, let's see, the one before that must have been O.K. Who was that? Robert Vietnam McNamara.
Well there must have been somebody who was a Democrat who was good. The Truman Administration held North Korea to a draw . . .
The only "good" Democratic SecDef in the last half-century was Les Aspin. He fouled up Mogadishu beyond all recognition - but at least he had the grace to admit it, and resign.
I wish Rummy became president . well he has mojo .
I think he wasn't born in the U.S.A. though... damn shame, that is...
I just love the way he handles the press... no double talking B.S.
Well where was he born then ?
I think it was in Germany. I may be wrong, but I do remember seeing a story on a news program that said something about it. I don't know if he was a German citizen at birth or if he was born to American parents in Germany...
It would be a privilege to buy the chap a tall Kentucky Bourbon on ice and shoot the bull for a few minutes if he ever came to my neck of the woods.
Well then, president Rumsfeld sounds good to me. The man has an awful lot on his plate to be making a presidential campaign. If he just looked at the Left as the enemies of America they are, maybe it would pan out.
This is the bigger problem we have in this war than all the terrorists combined. There is truly an ‘enemy within’ and the vandals of our culture must be overthrown, this aesthetic terrorism is affecting the war effort.
“This is not day care with milk and cookies.” (Rumsfeld)
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