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Rumsfeld Townhall Meeting (Q&A)
Pentagon ^ | December 8, 2006 | Rumsfeld

Posted on 12/08/2006 8:29:12 AM PST by OESY

Started at 11 am ET.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: defense; dod; lasttownhall; loveyarummy; mustsee; pentagon; rummy
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To: monkapotamus

Love the picture of Rummy and Cheney together. Personally I think both men are much better looking now.


61 posted on 12/09/2006 3:31:37 AM PST by barker ( A smile is a curved line that sets things straight.)
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To: OESY
I walked the corridors of the Pentagon one day and saw Sec Rumsfeld standing by the escalator by the Joint Staff corridor, chatting with some mid-level officers.

People walked by him like he was another Joe, acting like it was no big deal. But as they got about 10 feet past him, their faces lit up and they nodded to each other.

Some Generals hated him, but most LOVED the guy. Why? He was and is a frickin LEADER.

I know an SES who served during the Sec Cohen plague. He described him as (and I quote): "The worst excuse for a man I ever met."

Rummy, by comparison, was a fearless leader and SECDEF.

We are now a poorer nation that he is departing.


62 posted on 12/09/2006 3:50:36 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: KB4W

*ping*


63 posted on 12/09/2006 4:53:29 AM PST by arbee4bush (Our Airman Daughter KB4W--Hero, Patriot and the Love of her mom & dads life!)
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To: 7thson

I agree...life will be great for this great man...Thank You, Secretary Rumsfeld. We love you and will miss you greatly!!!


64 posted on 12/09/2006 8:25:40 AM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: STARWISE
Thank you for asking, STARWISE!

Well, we went to the doctor yesterday and I had a chance to see the x-rays and the phone photo he took of the bones coming out of his skin. He has seven screws and a plate in his ankle, and hobbles around on his crutches. This really aggravates his old wrist injury from when he was a policeman and he tore ligaments in his wrist.

He's in remarkably good spirits. I've FINALLY got my house in order, and am going outside to put up lights and get this Christmas thang happenin' 'round here!!! ;-)

You all have been so kind to keep him in your thoughts....like I said FReeper FRiends are the BEST!

Thanks again for asking about him, STARWISE!

65 posted on 12/09/2006 10:07:12 AM PST by NordP (America Votes: Turns out there ARE more Punks than Patriots ! ....so sad)
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To: NordP

Oh boy .. that was a nasty injury, NP ... glad to hear he's on the road to recovery. Now, if the roads will behave ... huh? LOL


66 posted on 12/09/2006 10:27:02 AM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: SkyPilot

OMG Rummy seem down to earth

How was Secertary Cohen I hear he was a***hole


67 posted on 12/09/2006 11:14:27 AM PST by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: montag813

It was never our intention to defeat the enemy in a matter of weeks.

We wanted Iraq to serve as the sandbox for the enemy to come and play with us in.

Iraq is the enemy's quagmire and Rummy is nothing short of a genius.


68 posted on 12/09/2006 12:32:46 PM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths, and lies, and distortions..)
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To: floriduh voter

Why should we apologize for Abu Garaib when it was absolutely the best psy op we had against the enemy in the entire war? Allah's great virgin orgy in the sky was mocked to perfection.


69 posted on 12/09/2006 12:39:27 PM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths, and lies, and distortions..)
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To: montag813

Read "Imperial Grunts." You'll rethink your assessment.


70 posted on 12/09/2006 6:12:00 PM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: Blue State Insurgent

Yes, I heard correctly. Rummy said learning of the prison scandal was the worst day of his life. It was sad that he had to cow tow to somebody in his going away speech. I'm in agreement w/you on Abu Garab.


71 posted on 12/09/2006 7:34:22 PM PST by floriduh voter (Join Terri's Legacy List Contact: 8mmmauser)
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To: floriduh voter
"Did Rummy say that his worst day on the job was "the prison abuse"? How is that possible? He was dragging people out of the burning Pentagon on 9-11."

I'd agree with him.

The heroism that sprang from the tragedies of 9/11 makes my heart swell. It was a horrible day, but in it there was much to be proud of. By comparison, the treasonous media propaganda that snowballed from Abu Ghraib makes me seethe with rage at what the Left, here and abroad, has done to America. If we "lose" in Iraq--as in Vietnam--it will be because of that, not because of the physical attacks we have suffered.
72 posted on 12/09/2006 9:11:58 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Hunter/_______ 2008!])
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To: Blue State Insurgent
"We wanted Iraq to serve as the sandbox for the enemy to come and play with us in."

I agree entirely. Strategically, it was and remains brilliant.



It also gives us a geographically central staging site for pacifying the region. And, conveniently, it results in Iran surrounded. It's a much more valuable position than our former site in Saudi Arabia. (Having said that, we should have left some operations intact in Saudi Arabia. Pulling all operations out was a propaganda victory for the Islamists, for whom U.S. presence in Saudi was an irritant.)
73 posted on 12/09/2006 9:16:29 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Hunter/_______ 2008!])
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To: neocon1984
Rummy is my top choice for POTUS

You know, this is the first time I have thought of Rumsfeld as a candidate. My preference would be Cheney, but after him, I could get excited about Rumsfeld--except, I have one question.

Who made the decision back in 2003, when the Marines had Sadr surrounded and were ready to wipe out him and his army, to stop them and spare Sadr? That decision, I believe, was the beginning of this runaway insurgency we have found ourselves in ever since.

Further, my guy for POTUS must me a manwho will put the diplomatic agenda behind the military one whenever we are in combat. IOW, the diplomats are #1 before the shooting starts, then, they are last until the military has accomplished whatever it was that involved them in the first place. Besided, then the diplomats will have a much more cooperative group of people to deal with.

74 posted on 12/10/2006 5:48:30 AM PST by good1
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To: OESY

Did anyone stop to think that the reason the military strategy in Iraq is not working as well as we all hoped it would is....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

The enemy has guns and ammunition too?

I hate to give the islamofascists credit, but every time the USA is faced with an enemy who actually punches back, that doesn't mean you go run to your mommy Nancy Pelosi.


75 posted on 12/10/2006 3:00:33 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 ("Life is tough. It's tougher when you're stupid."--John Wayne)
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To: OESY


76 posted on 12/12/2006 2:35:40 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Jake The Goose; IrishMike; Rummyfan; leadpenny; Covenantor; PurpleMan; Graymatter; 7thson; ...

Ping to post 76


77 posted on 12/12/2006 2:44:23 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: Albion Wilde; snugs; ohioWfan; onyx; LUV W; ilovew; Wolfstar; GretchenM; MamaB; NordP; DrDeb; ...

Rummy pictures ping!


78 posted on 12/12/2006 3:37:21 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

lol thanks- great photos- permission to use one on my blog? http://sacredscoop.com?


79 posted on 12/12/2006 4:21:18 PM PST by CottShop
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To: Albion Wilde

These are great. Thanks for the ping.


80 posted on 12/12/2006 4:30:35 PM PST by pinkpanther111 ( We can do this ..We must do this...Donald Rumsfeld)
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