[billorites]

"Rumsfeld plans to offer the Army chief of staff job to Gen. Tommy Franks"

If the General's busy, his wife can chair the meetings.

[MEG33]

Seems we know where the armchairs got their info before and a during the first 2 weeks of the war.Rumsfield has no Army friends it would seem. He stepped all over too many toes.

[Travis McGee]

Ping.

[verity]

It's Rumsfeld's way or the highway, but what if he is wrong?"

What if he is right?

[denydenydeny]

The article puts a whole lot of words in Rumsfeld's mouth without ever quoting him even once. I am, shall we say, suspcious.

[John Lenin]

If you study the German war machine during WWII Germany had the type of military Rummy is pushing for. The German army could run circles around the enemy and often did. The Germans were far outnumbered but they had superior equipment until the end of the war, it's amazing that they almost won.

[Wolfstar]

Good. Now if Rummy will get rid of those stupid French/Euro/UN-weenie berets, I'll be happy. I can understand the use of a beret as a means to distinguish a special unit, like the Green Berets. But I hate them for the whole army.

[Cicero]

Shinseki is a clintonoid loser. To anyone who thinks differently, I have just one word to say: "berets."

[montag813]

How many of these desk-generals did Rummy inherit from Klintoon?

[SuziQ]

I know there are people who will scream about Rumsfeld having this much control. With the wonderful performance of the military in Iraq, however, I do think his vision is somewhat vindicated! Everyone knows there is a lot of bloat in the Pentagon; folks have been complaining about it for years! It could use a stiff dose of streamlining!

[Orion78]

Russian Defector Warns US against Planned Unilateral Disarmament Measures (7/19/01)

"At the request of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, military analysts are currently developing a new defense strategy, due in September (2001), which will sufficiently reduce American combat readiness, defense capabilities and effectiveness. While it's very difficult to predict what could happen to America's defenses after this new strategy is implemented, there is no doubt that from that time onward the U.S. military will no longer be prepared to wage two major wars simultaneously.