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Rumsfeld to Press: ‘Back Off ... Relax’Posted on Oct 26, 2006
The dangerously out-of-touch secretary of defense bristled at reporters’ attempts to challenge him on differences between U.S. and Iraqi officials on benchmarks for progress in Iraq.
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By Ken Green, October 30, 2006 at 8:06 pm #
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Kerry voted for the 87 billion when given cherry-picked intelligence and against it when given all of the intelligence. You WWII analogy is whacked too. Nice try!
Kerry was right! Terrorism is a law enforcement proble. The Brits proved that. No one here is buying the Bullshit Bush is selling and you’re parroting. William want a cracker ?
Report thisBy Jackie T. Gabel, October 30, 2006 at 1:40 am #
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Senator Byrd warned them, Remember the fate of Charles the First! - Back off? Indeed, the block is just over there, Sir. Now come along peacefully.
Report thisBy Brookie, October 29, 2006 at 5:04 pm #
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We have every right to be upset, we don’t have to RELAX!!! The wheels have come off of the whole administration, and we have a right to be miffed! So Rummy sit down and put a sock-in-it! We have had it up to our neck in incompatence and lies…No victory in Iraq and now Rummy Afganistan has become a even bigger issue.Step down and go away
Report thisBy joey, October 28, 2006 at 1:36 am #
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Is it true the radioactivity sensing planes
Report thissent up to monitor Korea detected Iraq?
Is it true that the uranium used in bunker busting bombs has a half life of 2 million years.
Do you think Cheney will still be around or just his fallout.
By joey, October 27, 2006 at 9:39 am #
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How radioactive is Iraq ? Basra? Bagdad?
Is it safe for anyone ?
Report thisBy Egoigwe, October 27, 2006 at 2:47 am #
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Insensitive basket-mouth!
Report thisBy Nancy Nahvi, October 26, 2006 at 11:12 pm #
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Rumsfeld is so far off the mark, he’s off the map and pretends he doesn’t know it. As the body counts escalate, the more he digs in his heels, after all, once he admits a mistake, humpty dumpty will fall and he and his boss will be at the bottom of that pile.
Report thisBy yours truly, October 26, 2006 at 10:17 pm #
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“Complicated stuff, back off and relax”? What is he crazy? And if not that, an idiot perhaps, or might it be that he’s all of the above plus having a habit of always putting his hands in the cookie jar and getting away with whatever the goodies. Wouldn’t be so terrible, perhaps, if everyone else got away with doing that same thing, but it’s only him and his two accomplices (plus assorted cronies and hangers-on) that do. So what he just said, he has to say. Unless, of course, he’s ready to own up to deeds that are gonna send him directly to The International Court of Criminal Justice; there to be tried for his crimes against humanity. And what chance will our Secretary of Defense have there, on trial for his life (oops, the death penalty will be off the table), with the whole world in waiting? Which means no sense from now on paying attention to anything he says, simply because we have to focus on the seventh of November, what’ll it take for us to win, and after that where to from then on, with adjustments, prn, along the way, as per each and every one of us.
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By William, October 26, 2006 at 7:50 pm #
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Kerry’s right! If only England and the rest of Europe would have established a timeline for assuming more responsibilities in defeating the Germans in World War 2, we never would have had to enter that useless war. But Churchil wasn’t as familiar with timelines as John Kerry and the Dems are. Take Kerry’s famous line: “I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it.” Kerry’s timeline for supporting the 87 billion was precisely up until the time he stopped supporting it - not a minute later, not a minute earlier. That’s a man that knows his timelines! But Rummy, he’s beyond time and timezones. He’s crazy! He will not let the Iraqi’s assume full control until they are actually ready to assume full control and not according to the Dems watch.
Yes, Kerry’s right! A man like Rumsfeld who doesn’t understand the value of timelines should not be defense minister - instead he should be a flip flopping Senator.
Report thisBy Jeffrey Moore, October 26, 2006 at 7:19 pm #
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Why aren’t we outraged?
Report thisWhy isn’t the media reporting the body count on each news program and on the front page of every major newspaper?