[Mr. Brightside]

we sure as hell need some new ideas over there.

No kidding!

I would cringe everytime I would hear Bush/Rumsfeld use the "stay the course" line.

[brydic1]

"I would cringe everytime I would hear Bush/Rumsfeld use the "stay the course" line."

Every time the president used that line or the line, Mexicans illegals "just do the work that Americans wont do", the republicans running for office probably lost another 10,000 votes.

[af_vet_rr]

I would cringe everytime I would hear Bush/Rumsfeld use the "stay the course" line.

You and me both. Everytime Bush/Rumsfeld/etc. used that line and somebody criticized them, some FReepers felt they had to jump down their throats for daring to disagree with the administration - those FReepers seemed to have quieted down a bit.

To me, from the beginning, "stay the course" was the same as saying "we don't know what to do, so we are going to keep doing the same thing", which is not what I want to hear when it comes to the military - Rumsfeld of all people preached about a mobile, quick-to-react, flexible military, and while we moved towards that, we still ended up with a leadership that was inflexible - what good does having a flexible military do if the leadership isn't?