[dark_lord]

It is this weird alignment of rap music, counterculture adolescent fashion and diction, and popular movies and videos with selfless and heroic action that so astounds the world. Generals of all races give crisp briefings; Arab-American Marines boast of liberating a Muslim city; women brag of flying three combat missions per day; and bearded, hippie-looking Green Berets on horses prefer the company of medieval tribesmen as they radio in bombs from billion-dollar Stealth bombers. This all suggests that the U.S. military is not so much insidious as postmodern.

Reality is always stranger and more interesting than fiction, although science fiction writers, especially of the "cyberspace" subgenre, have predicted the above for years.

I think the article is correct in general theme, although it gives Rumsfeld a bit too much credit. The military already had those skills and capabilities before he arrived on the scene. But he has the wit to direct and unleash them.

[KantianBurke]

excellent article

[wideawake]

I like the way we're headed.

If we have a strong missile defense shield, and continue the policy of lightening our footprints and increasing our speed, reach and lethality the US will be in excellent shape.

The American military will be capable of being everywhere and nowhere at once, almost untouchable but able to strike anyone, anywhere.

[Guillermo]

Rummy bump.

[Dante3]

Sorry to disagree with all of you. But I no longer like Rumsfeld after he honored a basketball player, albeit a likeable one, who had been supporting liberal candidates.

A person who earns millions for a great talent of putting a ball through a hoop is no hero to me. Instead, Rumsfeld should have honored men such as Neil Roberts and others who have died for this country.

[Search4Truth]

"Never have so many, been so wrong, about so much"
-- Rummy.

[Grampa Dave]

An excellent article, and I have bookmarked it.

[Grampa Dave]

This will fit right in with your indexing!

[Grampa Dave]

Gentlemen an excellent article FYI.

[Grampa Dave]

An excellent article. This has to be driving the left wing lunatics and the third party orphans even more insane and depressed.

[Grampa Dave]

An excellent Rummy article.

You might want to ping your Freeper Friends who are Rummy fans.

[Rummyfan]

You know, I'm starting to think that all Rumsfeld threads should be accompanied by pictures!

[Sabatier]

Rumsfeld is a real credit to the President and to the USA. This administration is a breath of fresh air after eight years of Clinton gas.

[warchild9]

The real test comes in 10-15 years when we move up to the big leagues: China.

[yeetch!]

Terrific insight into the Rumsfeld agenda. We are fortunate to have him.

[cgk]

Funny how there is NO main story on this, only blurbs:

(snip...) He told the troops in an Iraqi Airways hangar at Baghdad International Airport, "You've liberated a people, you've deposed a cruel dictator and you have ended his threat to free nations.

Meanwhile, security officials said they believed that three gunshots were fired at the lead vehicle of Rumsfeld's convoy as the secretary was en route to a power plant on the Tigris River Wednesday. No one was hurt.

I'd say an attempt on Rummy's life merits more than a blurb in these articles about his tour.

[MEG33]

Great article..Love Rummy!

[cynicom]

In a nutshell, what Rumsfeld has put behind us are three things,trench warfare, set piece battles and we no longer ride horses.

[republicanwizard]

Don't like the bias against Stanton. A much better War Secretary than Cameron, and fully the equal of Rummy.

[dead]

the U.S. can in theory now act precipitously, yet on principle, to thwart totalitarians and terror states -- without a great deal of dependence on traditional bases, allied contingents, or the consent of the United Nations. The days of a static big target of American troops being blown up in Lebanon or Saudi Arabia without reprisals are over. Our enemies' fear may prompt political reform, or at least second thoughts on sponsoring terrorism -- which, in yet another Rumsfeld irony, will eventually make the use of military force less likely.

Bump. Great stuff.