The Donald Rumsfeld I know isn't the one you know

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | Nov. 12, 2006 | Douglas J. Feith

[RobbyS]

You seem to be under the delusion that Rumsfeld is a general officer. You should be criticizing Abisaid, who is the theatre commander.

[george76]

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."

[Cheburashka]

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.

[Osage Orange]

bttt

[jan in Colorado]

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!

[devolve]

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

[george76]

I fear for our future as a society. Not for myself, but for the future generations.

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" 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 line—witness 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 them—and they flourish for the same reason. "

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[Pukin Dog]

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.

[right way right]

Rumsfield for President.

No, hes not to old.

[potlatch]

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.

[devolve]

Live by the lie

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Everyone know the rest!

[Prost1]

For all practical purposes, the Kurds have their own state.

[Just A Nobody]

Wonderful article. Thanks for posting it.

[Just A Nobody]

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!

[Gondring]

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. :-(

[Just A Nobody]

God Bless Donald Rumsfeld. He deserved better, and I am thankful he served this Country and it served it well!

Ditto - Amen - Bump

;*)

[philetus]

Rumsfeld is the kind of leader the country needs.
Isn't it odd that he's not the kind of leader the country wants?

[truth_seeker]

"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.