McCain: Rumsfeld One Of Worst Secretaries Of Defense In History

ABC News ^ | Feb. 19, 2007 | AP

[Txsleuth]

Thanks for posting those columns and links.

I remember those...but, I don't hear McCain saying that Colin Powell was the WORST Sec. of State..or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ever~!!

[TADSLOS]

Thanks for posting this.

[Txsleuth]

PING

[showme_the_Glory]

Gotta love it when the 4th string wannabe quarterback starts bad mouthing his own team and coaches. "How come you guys never play me?"

[Lady Heron]

Neither McCain or Guilliani can win a Republican primary. All they have to do is open their mouth one time once the race is on and people are actually listening.

One is a loose cannon mentally the other to liberal to win the base. Not a chance on God's green earth for either of these guys under the Republican name in the top spot(not even a chance at second place for the mental case).

[Fiji Hill]

Worse than McNamara, Clifford, or Louis Johnson?

[Mo1]

McCain needs to shut the hell up

Though I'll water board myself and vote for him if he's the topic pick in the general election

He's not helping me want to breath his BS

[Matchett-PI]

John McCain: U.S. Still Torturing Terrorists
NewsMax ^ | December 8, 2005 | Carl Limbacher
Posted on 12/08/2005 12:37:35 PM EST by Kaslin

Sen. John McCain claimed Wednesday that the U.S. is still torturing terrorist detainees, even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits with European leaders to assure them that the practice is banned under U.S. law.

"We've got to stop this torture," McCain told radio host Don Imus.

"If you torture somebody, they're going to tell you what they think you want to know in order to make the pain stop," he complained.

The Republican maverick said the U.S. can't win the propaganda war "if people believe throughout the world that you are practicing cruel, inhuman, degrading mistreatment or torture on the people that you capture."

"Right now," McCain complained, "we have prisons, apparently, set up in different places in the world where we're keeping people for years."

His comments come as Dr. Rice meets with European leaders to assure them that claims about ongoing torture are baseless.

"The United States does not condone torture," she told a German audience on Tuesday. "It is against U.S. law to be involved in torture or conspiracy to commit torture. And it is also against U.S. international obligations and the President has made it very clear that U.S. personnel will operate within U.S. law and within our international obligations."

Rice also indicated, however, that interrogations conducted in the foreign prisons referenced by McCain have been productive, telling reporters, "The intelligence we gathered has helped to stop terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives in Europe - as well as in the United States and other countries."

[KenmcG414]

It seems as if McCain says anything to make things easier for him. Really makes one wonder.

[twonie]

Is there any way somebody could get a net over that man? And shame on the entire state of Arizona for repeatedly sending a certifiable mental defective to the US Senate. Why is he still spouting off? Is there some shortage of duct tape in this country? Geez!!

[FairOpinion]

Thanks for posting that cartoon, which says a thousand words.

I was looking for it, but couldn't find it. I'll be sure to bookmark your post.

Thanks for posting that McCain article too.

[Matchett-PI]

You're welcome. I refuse to allow the liars to rewrite history. bttt

[mombonn]

If I needed yet another reason to explain why I will NEVER vote for mclame, this is it.

What a disgrace he is.

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[abercrombie_guy_38]

While there is no way in hell I agree with McCain, there is also no way in hell I can brush off and ignore the mistakes that Rumsfeld and the administration have made in regards to Iraq. To deny them is a slap in the face to all the men and women who take their orders from the higher-ups. Not enough troops, a politically correct enemy engagement policy, not doing much (if anything until now) to handle Syria and Iran, not protecting the borders, the massive waste and fraud that has accompanied rebuilding...the list goes on.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

What a maroon.

[FairOpinion]

I would like to refer you to post 69 by Matchett-PI.

Read the posted articles and learn.

[jrd]

If he had of run the war as the Generals wanted instead using the high tech weapons he did we would have more that 3000 dead like we did in Vietnam...all the Generals their got their names in the history books not so with this war!thats why they are P!ss!

[Getsmart64]

So...you're saying that some military family members got the U.S. Secretary Of Defense to resign....dude...you need to put down the bong....

[DustyMoment]

He said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst to ever hold the job.

So, now that McCain's officially in the race, let the backstabbing begin!!!



(I don't know how to break it to Johnny Mac, but Rumsfeld isn't SecDef anymore, Bush can't run again, so politicking against the past is pretty pointless - kind of like Democrats)