Posted on 12/15/2006 3:46:46 PM PST by onyx
"The record of Don Rumsfeld's tenure is clear; … there has been more profound change at the Department of Defense over the past six years than at any time since the department's creation in the late 1940s.”
“On his watch, NATO sent its forces to defend a young democracy in Afghanistan more than 3,000 miles from Europe, the first time NATO has deployed outside the North Atlantic area in the history of the alliance."
“Most importantly, he worked to establish a culture in the Pentagon that rewards innovation and intelligent risk-taking and encourages our military and civilian leaders to challenge established ways of thinking."
"These changes were not easy to make, but Rumsfeld’s determination and leadership led to the best equipped, best trained and most experienced military in the world. “This man knows how to lead, and he did, and the country is better off for it.”
They don't ahow up for you?
Hmmmmmmm. I see them plainly.
I shall! For sure!
#23 is a pic of General Pace.
The pics in post #3, can be found at this link.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
Hello and thanks for the dose - have just arrived back from our company dinner dance had a nap and now my goodness the dose is over a 100 posts long.
Did you have a GRAND time, dancing girl?
Tell us all about it!
Toaster winner
Not quite but runner up
Lovely photos
Wow what a great photo
There are great photos tonight
I second that
Noted
You can see well the respect and affection between W and Rummy, and I'm sure they'll be in touch ........ often.
We have been truly blessed with these great men, guiding and leading our country.
Thank you, my ((Star)) --- I knew you would post a wonderful gallery on this thread! Thank you, thank you!
Just got back and had a nap after mine had a lovely meal and stayed for a little while afterwards at the disco will post a couple photos here later and some more on the singles thread.
Onyx, thanks for posting this awesome DOSE tonight!!
MUST VIEW . . .
C-Span will re-broadcast today's FAREWELL CEREMONY a few more times tonight (or should I say early morning):
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
MUST READ . . .
IN BAKER'S BLUNDER, A CHANCE FOR BUSH
By Charles Krauthammer
WASHINGTON -- As a result of the Iraq Study Group, President Bush has been given one last chance to alter course on Iraq. This did not, however, come about the way James Baker intended. It came about because the long-anticipated report turned out to be such a widely agreed-upon farce. From its wildly hyped, multiple magazine-cover rollout (Annie Leibovitz in Men's Vogue, no less) to its mishmash of 79 (no less) recommendations, the report has fallen so flat that the field is now clear for the president to recommend to a war-weary country something new and bold.
. . . Now that these 10 establishment sages have labored mightily to produce a mouse, the president has one last chance to come forward with a new strategy.
He must do two things. First, as I've been agitating, establish a new governing coalition in Baghdad that excludes Moqtada al-Sadr, a cancer that undermines the Maliki government's ability to work with us. It is encouraging that the president has already begun such a maneuver by meeting with rival Shiite and Sunni parliamentary leaders. If we help produce a cross-sectarian government that would be an ally rather than a paralyzed semi-adversary of coalition forces, we should then undertake part two: "double down'' our military effort. This means a surge in American troops with a specific mission: to secure Baghdad and (together with the support of the Baghdad government -- a sine qua non) suppress Sadr's Mahdi Army.
It is our last chance for success. Bush can thank the ISG and its instant irrelevance for making it possible.
You can read the entire commentary at
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/12/last_chance_for_success.html
A POSTER AFTER MY OWN HEART (FROM BLOGSFORBUSH.COM):
"The same would happen under Bush with SS, and that's why popular sentiment turned against him on this issue in 2005." Blah...blah...blah...puke.
I'm with keefer! This absurdity of always blaming Bush is getting on my nerves.
The libs often decry that GH Bush won an incredible military victory during the first gulf war, but they forget that we did not go all the way to Baghdad either. So, forget about the past, forget about pulling out, screw the polls because as expected, GW will do what his advisors and his heart tell him to do and I hope to God that we send more troops in kick some more terrorist ass. As the troops and our military want, not what the American public wants.
Take that JAT and put it where the polls don't shine.
The problem with you libs is your weakness when it comes to fighting and when you win an election, you automatically think it's a mandate of some sort. Whooppppiii!
Thus far, I have not seen a poll that insists that the American voter has given that mandate, so, take a deep breath and remember this, GW HAS JUEVOS THE SIZE OF BASKETBALLS AND HE ISN'T AFRAID TO SAY "NO" TO THOSE THAT CHALLENGE HIM. EVEN JIMMY BAKER.
Posted by: navydad at December 15, 2006 07:49 PM
http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/archives/2006/12/americans_are_s.html#comments
THE BEST OF THE WEB
BY JAMES TARANTO
Friday, December 15, 2006 1:00 p.m. EST
RESPONDING TO RANGEL--VIII
We'll be back from vacation Monday. In the meantime, here's another set of letters from servicemen responding to Charles Rangel's disparaging comments.
You can read the posts from members of our military at
http://opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110009384
Good to see you again any good Christmas recipes
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