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The Donald Rumsfeld I know isn't the one you know
St. Paul Pioneer Press ^
| Nov. 12, 2006
| Douglas J. Feith
Posted on 11/12/2006 8:01:47 AM PST by rhema
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To: Gondring
You seem to be under the delusion that Rumsfeld is a general officer. You should be criticizing Abisaid, who is the theatre commander.
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posted on
11/12/2006 2:40:23 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: jan in Colorado
Pinch of the nyslimes apparently said long ago that he would rather see an American soldier die than a north Vietnamese communist soldier die.
The lefties that I know are never deep thinkers.
They can not imagine life under Islam ( nor under Communism either ) with burkas, no rights to vote, go to school, drive a car, hold a job.
They have no thoughtful answer...just "we hate Bush."
82
posted on
11/12/2006 2:44:34 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: ArtyFO
Oh, I thought we were fighting the Chinese. You know, if we're going to be fighting everybody simultaneously, we'll have to use nukes anyway, we can't afford an army that big.
And you can't have a bigger military without funding. Talk to Congress about that. The Clintonistas slashed the size of the military, not Rumsfeld. Once you start complaining about size, you have to let Rumsfeld off the hook. He was making do with what he was given.
And don't try to complain to me that he should have asked for more. Wasn't going to happen. Secretaries of Defense (and Presidents for that matter) don't just stamp the ground and divisions leap from the earth fully equipped. Look to Congress.
83
posted on
11/12/2006 2:59:47 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
(World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
To: Pukin Dog
84
posted on
11/12/2006 3:03:38 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
To: george76
I can't even repeat the things I heard these people say!
The fact that Universities throughout this Country are successfully indoctrinating this garbage to millions of future voters, has me very concerned about the future of this Country.
Deep thinkers they're not...
Haters of what is good...they have mastered that!
85
posted on
11/12/2006 3:10:12 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
(The ENEMEDIA...aiding and abetting the terrorists!)
To: ntnychik; potlatch; PhilDragoo
Bump
dems better watch themselves
Deaths of American troops &/or civilians abroad or in the USA are on their heads
I will hold them personally responsible and accountable in kind - as many others will
That is as subtle as I get
86
posted on
11/12/2006 3:19:40 PM PST
by
devolve
( _note_the_Green/Libertarian_candidates?)
Comment #87 Removed by Moderator
To: jan in Colorado
I fear for our future as a society. Not for myself, but for the future generations.
" in the liberal arts in America, moral turpitude and political hucksterism pervades higher education.
Radical criminals with questionable academic credentials flourish in a milieu that bristles with hostility toward real scholars who don't toe the party linewitness the case of former Harvard President Lawrence Summers.
Individuals with prison records or FBI rap sheets don't get into major educational institutions because they fudge their resumes.
They get in because they share the political dogmas of those who hire themand they flourish for the same reason. "
http://www.pirateballerina.com/blog/entry.php?id=397
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posted on
11/12/2006 3:20:26 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Old Hank
Bush did NOT fire Rumsfeld and anyone who thinks he did is loopy. Had the Dems not won Congress, the announcement would have been towards the end of the year. Rumsfeld did not want to spend the next two years under oath to a Democratic Senate, so he left immediately and took the headlines away from the Dems victory. He would have left at the end of the year anyway.
89
posted on
11/12/2006 3:25:10 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Being a Liberal is just a coping mechanism for low self esteem and/or bad parenting.)
To: rhema
Rumsfield for President.
No, hes not to old.
To: devolve; ntnychik
Deaths of American troops &/or civilians abroad or in the USA are on their heads When asked about that on TV, I heard one Dem emphatically shake their head and say, "no, that is still under the control of the Commander In Chief"!!
That will be their stance.
91
posted on
11/12/2006 3:31:18 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
Live by the lie
...................
Everyone know the rest!
92
posted on
11/12/2006 3:34:35 PM PST
by
devolve
( _note_the_Green/Libertarian_candidates?)
To: Cheburashka
For all practical purposes, the Kurds have their own state.
93
posted on
11/12/2006 3:38:10 PM PST
by
Prost1
(Fair and Unbiased as always!)
To: rhema
Wonderful article. Thanks for posting it.
94
posted on
11/12/2006 3:41:48 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: rhema; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Boazo; Alamo-Girl; PhilDragoo; The Spirit Of Allegiance; ...
95
posted on
11/12/2006 3:45:41 PM PST
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
To: mountainfolk
The way it was done sickened me. I could accept that he was leaving, but it was like he was being given the bums rush while the votes were still being counted. We have traded a giant patriot for a socialist anti-American passel of RATS. Excellent post!
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posted on
11/12/2006 3:46:30 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: SomeCallMeTim
Here's another great thing to add: According to reports I've read, Rumsfeld TRIED to resign several months ago, but Bush wouldn't accept it. Rummy is smart enough, and politically savvy enough to know that he was becoming too much of a symbol.. Yep. But Bushbots are still trying to remove the responsibility from him. :-(
97
posted on
11/12/2006 3:51:01 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: jan in Colorado
God Bless Donald Rumsfeld. He deserved better, and I am thankful he served this Country and it served it well! Ditto - Amen - Bump
;*)
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posted on
11/12/2006 3:55:03 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: rhema
Rumsfeld is the kind of leader the country needs.
Isn't it odd that he's not the kind of leader the country wants?
99
posted on
11/12/2006 3:55:05 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: goldstategop
"The war's aftermath is not Rumsfeld's fault."
Correct.
But all who failed to correctly anticipate the aftermath, screwed up.
The analyst that told decision makers: "arab muslims are constitutionally incapable of peaceful, civil, democratic, self-government"--was correct.
But that was not the answer anybody wanted to hear-least of all Bush, so the analyst probably got pushed out of the way.
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