We're winning the beginning, says Rumsfeld

[CShine]

The US war on terrorism is closer to the beginning than the end, the Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, told graduates of the US Military Academy. Since the September 11 attacks on the US, the Washington-led coalition had "overthrown two vicious regimes and liberated 50 million people, disrupted terrorist cells across the globe and thwarted many terrorist attacks", Mr Rumsfeld told the 935 cadets graduating from West Point on Saturday.

"Yet despite our successes, we are closer to the beginning of this struggle with global insurgency than to its end." In Iraq "we are facing a test of wills, with an enemy that seeks to derail the Iraqi people's path to self-governance".

Mr Rumsfeld later headed back to Washington for the dedication of a World War II memorial by President George Bush. Mr Bush told an audience of ageing veterans:

"As we defended our ideals, we began to see that America is stronger when those ideals are fully implemented."

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/30/1085855439918.html

[wryter2000]

1. Lordy

Who does that a-hole think he's fooling?

[Massacure]

2. Yup, are troops are winning alright

And their prize is a perfectly aimed RPG to their humvee.

[w4rma]

3. ??!!!?? Wtf? (nt)

[cliss]

4. Aw, isn't he cute?

'winning' rhymes with
'beginning'.

He's truly showing us his 'Renaissance Man' side today. I know Donald thinks of himself as a Debonair Man; able to write poetry and kill hundreds, all at the same time.

Why, I've even read some of his poetry. It's very......confusing. But he likes it. I've read that he sends around memos to lots of people at the Pentagon.....but I've heard they don't like it. Wonder why not? Read it sometime. He's got it posted on the Internet; Amazon.com just released a book of Rumsfeld's Poetry for $29.99.

He thinks of himself as a multi-tasker. And he feels he can bamboozle the media with his razor-sharp wit and coy words, like "slog", and "known unknown".

Just keep going, baby.

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