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curlyred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:00 PM
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Rumsfeld says killing Iraqi policemen not helpful in recruiting effort
Fallujah--Following Friday's accidental killing of nine Iraqi policemen by US soldiers, civilian administrators are worried that some potential police academy recruits may not have a death wish.

However, the more immediate question on commanders' minds is "what fool thing those stupid towel heads did to get themselves killed."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said all of the facts are not in to determine what exactly happened but he suggested that the Iraqi law enforcement officials were probably doing something wrong at the time.

"What you have to remember in situations like this is that there are factors on the ground such that complicate the ordinary flow of working relationships and security arrangements with local agencies in ways that you and I can't possibly fathom," he barked in his signature condescending, jargon-laden speaking style. "In other words, it was the Iraqis' fault.

http://www.freepressed.com/iraqi_police.htm

It's satire, but the sad thing is....it sounds just like that asshole.

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fizzana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:01 PM
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1. Amazing - he managed to figure that one out.
n/t
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:02 PM
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2. "not helpful in recruiting effort??'
and they claim the British are famous for understatement!
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:03 PM
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3. Killing American Soldiers is not very helpful
in recruiting efforts either....
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:08 PM
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4. Wow! How long did it take for him
to figure that one out?!
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:12 PM
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5. Rummy transcends satire
All I can do is giggle helplessly and hold a mirror up to the teevee.

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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:13 PM
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yeah, they were doing something wrong and added no lasting value
Edited on Tue Sep-16-03 05:14 PM by Cheswick
that son of a bitch needs to be in an insane assylum for the criminally anti social.

satire of course
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:13 PM
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6. Amazing. It's labeled as satire. . .
yet people respond as if it's the truth. Goes to show how absurd this maladministration has become, that even the absurd is considered normal.
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myomy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 05:50 PM
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7. Wonderful, this man should be in public relations
.
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Brucey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:19 PM
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8. No, he should be in jail or in a
psychiatric facility, the damn psychopath.
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methinks2 Donating Member (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:31 PM
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9. "not helpful"
The two words that will be definitive when we look back on this episode in history.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 06:33 PM
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10. I can't help but wonder:
does Rummy have Aspergers syndrome? I mean , a real disconnect with human emotion and lack of empathy?

(Good friends don't let other members post while tipsy. Somebody stop me.)
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 07:04 PM
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11. I'm downright surprised:
he noticed!

Yeah, shooting your recruits does tend to somewhat dampen your further recruiting efforts.
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