FINALLY, a better headline -- LAT: Rumsfeld Says Critics Appeasing Fascism

[DeepModem Mom]

Rumsfeld Says Critics Appeasing Fascism
His comparison to those who mollified the Nazis draws a rebuke from opponents of war policy.
By Julian E. Barnes, Times Staff Writer
August 30, 2006

....Rumsfeld did not directly accuse any specific critic or group of advocating the appeasement of terrorists, and he did not identify the administration opponents who were the focus of his criticism. Surveys have shown that although most Americans believe the Iraq war was a mistake, they support U.S. efforts to track down terrorists.

Rumsfeld's use of the word "appease" was particularly notable, referring to the failed efforts of the pre-Churchill British government to mollify Hitler. Administration officials in the past have used the term "appeasement" to deflect criticism or justify White House policies — President Bush did so just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. But Rumsfeld in his speech appeared to use the term in a markedly more pointed way....

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Borrowing a phrase from the nation's most conservative commentators, Rumsfeld in a new line of attack argued that critics of the Iraq war, like critics of the Cold War before them, were part of a "blame America first" crowd....

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Rumsfeld's speech drew sharp complaints from Democrats, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, whose father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was criticized by Rumsfeld in a speech Monday. The elder Kennedy, who served as a U.S. ambassador to Britain before World War II, resigned that post because he opposed British and U.S. war preparations....

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"Secretary Rumsfeld's reckless comments show why America is not as safe as it can or should be five years after 9/11," (Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid) said. "If there's one person who has failed to learn the lessons of history, it's Donald Rumsfeld."...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-legion30aug30,0,7356486.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[G_j]

1. If there's one person who has failed to learn the lessons of history,

it's Donald Rumsfeld

nuff said

[tandot]

2. Actually, he meant to say "Bush SUPPORTERS appeasing fascism"

people who still support this administration are supporting fascism.