Rumsfeld in Gulf, U.S. Troops Under Fire - Yahoo Breaking

[MoonAndSun]

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"I haven't been back into Iraq or Afghanistan (news - web sites) I guess since last...April or May and it seemed to me that it was important to have an opportunity to get a first hand sense of how things are going," Rumsfeld said.


The Pentagon (news - web sites) had not announced his trip to Iraq in advance for security reasons.


In a reminder of the daily dangers in Iraq, U.S. troops fought Iraqi guerrillas who fired mortars near their base, then raided homes to detain suspected bomb-makers in a night of drama around Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit. Iraqis then fired rocket-propelled grenades at a patrol.



they should drop rummy onto the front lines. The SOB!!!!

[Richardo]

1. Time to remind Rumsferatu of his most memorable trip to Iraq...

"I haven't been back into Iraq or Afghanistan (news - web sites) I guess since last...April or May

This was the postcard I got:

[chenGOD]

4. Is that a Kim Jeong Il impersonator next to Saddam? -nt-

:7

[argonne]

10. I think Rummy

should at least visit Saddam again before he leaves for stateside.

[meegbear]

2. Thank GAWD Rummy's there ...

his first hand sense of what's going on will solve everything.

[grytpype]

3. It'd be a shame if he caught an RPG up the wazoo...

[htuttle]

5. RPG?

I get the impression he's just as likely to catch an M-16 round up the wazoo...

[underpants]

6. Rummy- "Maybe another division"

US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld revealed that "maybe another division" would be needed in Iraq (news - web sites), where the United States has 140,000 troops on the ground(AFP/File/Paul. J Richards)

From looking through Yahoo news photos - no link

[Hand]

7. Oh, shit...

This is exactly (and I mean EXACTLY) what General Shinseki warned about in his farewell address: "Beware of the 12-division strategy for a 10-division army."

"Maybe another division," indeed--WHICH ONE, ARSEHOLE? YOU'VE RUN OUT OF DIVISIONS!!!

I rather imagine that Shinseki's cursing a blue streak right now. He committed the cardinal sin of being right.

:mad:

[grytpype]

13. Yep... in Duhbya's America, telling the truth is the greatest treason.

[bobthedrummer]

8. Rumsfeld's "Message to the People of Iraq" transcript 4-30-03

http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2003/tr20030430-secdef0138.html

BIZARRE to say the least, heh?

[finecraft]

9. If Martians invaded the earth

I could imagine them saying essentially the same thing.

[Richardo]

11. "To Serve Iraqis"

"OH MY GOD IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!"

:D

[xchrom]

12. you mean now we're going

to eat them? that's a tad extreme isn't it?

[jwcomer]

15. extreme?

Nope, it's the compassionate conservative thing to do.

[htuttle]

19. A Modest Proposal (Redux)

Perhaps we could save ourselves a lot of trouble by simply grinding up Iraqi children to make them into biofuel?

(with apologies to Johnathon Swift...)

[Virginian]

14. Rod Serling at his best.

Good quote.

[Richardo]

16. I knew SOMEONE would get it - thx Virginian...

:thumbsup:

[DontBlameMe]

17. Nope.

Damon Knight.

[reprobate]

18. Boy, did THAT bring back memories.

I thought that there were few of us old enough to remember "To Serve Man"