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I heard General Batiste's speech yesterday. He pretty much blames the whole fiasco on Rumsfeld. For example he says:

Here are the transcripts of the two speeches as well as the video.

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know." Donald Rumsfeld

"I don't do diplomacy." DR

"I don't do foreign policy." DR


Obviously the General is right, when you make Bush look like a genius, uh oh. I think everything is an unknown unknown to him, and any man in his position that doesn't do diplomacy or foreign policy shouldn't be there. The reason you have a person at the head of the entire Dept or Defense is so that he will have those things, things that Generals and military people who are risking their lives have not as much time to do.
Why Bush has not rid himself of the most incompetent member of his staff I don't know. He should have never hung Powell out to dry and he should have given him that post. (Insert right wing yelling here)

Rumsfeld needs to go, and he needs to be put on display to the american people, he is accountable to them and he should be shown for what he is. Instead we are arguing over a former President to hide the master of the Unknown.

Rumsfeld is like a heat shield for Bush. As long as Rummy is taking a lot of the blame, then Bush isn't. Giving Powell Rummy's position would be considered a demotion. Just remember one thing. Rummy found the wmd's but then refused to show the American people where they are. Why he hasn't been tried for treason is a question I'd like some answers to.

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this just in, Gardener calls grass green.

How can they say Rummy is incompetant, he's fine, it's lazy ass troops who are blowing the war..................

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.....don't forget to blame the liberal media for not reporting the facts on tractor repair.....


Andrew

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I'd say that Rumsfeld reminds me a lot of Reobert McNamara, but McNamara is a lot smarter that Rumsfeld and still managed to preside over the traumatic military fiasco known as "Vietnam".

I'd like to strap Rummy to a chair and force him to watch that McNamara film from 2004.

Another thing, shame on any general officers that know the situation in Iraq is a farce but don't speak up for fear of being fired, as Rummy has done to some.

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Don't startle him, Joe - it's almost full!

Rumsfeld is doing a great job IMO.

Nuff said.

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