Rumsfeld: U.S. Must Not Retreat When 'Nose Bloodied'

[Herschel]

With the U.S. military fighting a deadly guerrilla war in Iraq (news - web sites), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday the United States must not let the world think it will retreat from a fight "every time we got our nose bloodied."

Rumsfeld told military and government officials at the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s National Defense University that he stressed to President Bush (news - web sites) before accepting the top Pentagon job nearly three years ago that the United States must always steer a firm military course.

"I said I was personally of the opinion that it was unhelpful for our country if the world believed that every time we got our nose bloodied we tucked in and came home," he said in response to questions following a speech.

"You know the old story in Chicago: If you act like a door mat, people are gonna wipe their feet on you."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20030917/ts_nm/iraq_usa_rumsfeld_dc

[Nottingham]

1. We had a simmiliar speech! It was called Vietnam! and Bloody

is the word

[Enraged_Ape]

2. What is this 'we' and 'our' stuff?

Pick up a gun and carry it into Baghdad, Rummy.

[chadm]

3. Right

Just stand there and take a few more.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. By inference, I guess Rummy feels America has a Bloody nose...

[otohara]

5. Locking - Dupe

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