Donald Rumsfeld still adding his two cents worth about the Iraq Study Group

[whistle]

....recommendations on the war with his Iraq trip sideshow:

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Rumsfeld on farewell visit in Iraq
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:25am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise farewell visit to American troops in Iraq and told them U.S. forces must stay until the enemy is defeated.

Rumsfeld's unannounced visit came one day after he gave a farewell address at the Pentagon and nine days before he is replaced by Robert Gates.

"Donald Rumsfeld is in Iraq. He is making a farewell visit to say thank you to the troops," a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad told Reuters on Sunday.

Rumsfeld, who became a lightning rod for world criticism of the Iraq war, announced his resignation in November, the day after Republicans lost control of both Houses of the U.S. Congress amid voter unhappiness with the war.

"The enemy must be defeated," the Department of Defense Web site quoted Rumsfeld as telling Marines and soldiers at Al Asad air base in western Anbar province on Saturday.

"General (John) Abizaid (U.S. Central Command chief) said: "We can certainly walk away from this enemy, but they will not walk away from us,'" Rumsfeld said.


More at link:


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[TwilightZone]

1. "The enemy must be defeated,"

Well, as soon as somebody figures out who the hell the "enemy" is, then perhaps we'll take this ridiculous statement a little more seriously.

Similarly stupid is the statement, "We must win the war on terror." You can't win something against an "enemy" that you can't define.

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

2. Why isn't Rummy in handcuffs yet?

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. In one way, the enemy has been defeated. Rumsfeld was fired.

Adios, you miserable no good bastard.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Then: "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days,

six weeks. I doubt six months." -in Feb. 2003



Now:

"Because this conflict is new and unfamiliar and complex, it is understandable that there will be differences about the direction our country should take"

FUDR. MKJ

[Disturbed]

5. Did Rumsfailed visit his home away from home?

[Printer70]

6. Rumsfield, just go away

Wow; its great that Rumsfield went into Iraq and complicated our exit strategy even further by telling soldiers we must stay until the job is finished. The administration cannot shoot straight with anyone, not even the soldiers. There is a very real probability they will evacuate before the "job is finished". Now that occurrence will jar the military even more.