Posted on 08/30/2006 4:19:55 PM PDT by GretchenM
Thanks for the TOP TEN kind gesture gif...
Perfect description.
, and being on a craven quest for more Toaster Poster Awards, I empathize with those who are almost but not quite in under ten seconds.
Rummy is right to be troubled.
Sorry .. guess my post is not in the usual uplifting spirit of the wonderful Daily Dose.
Two G Q ites @ top of # 39 post!
Oh my..That is just wonderful..!
LOL (freezes over!)
Good un!
Hey, TPC, Rumsfeld said it, I put it on the Dose -- you are pointing out more about what he said. I don't have a problem with it.
(Now if people start throwing spitballs and climbing over cafeteria tables, I'd have to step in.)
Thank you, Gretchen! Lovely pictures today, and Cheney and Rumsfeld, too!
And Hi to everybody!
Thanks for the dose and what a cute first photo
THE WILL TO WIN
RUMSFELD EXHORTS AMERICANS TO "PERSEVERE" AND BE "WATCHDOGS" FOR TRUTH
New York Post http://tinyurl.com/r4lup
August 30, 2006
"Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths, lies, and distortions being told about our troops and about our country. This watchdog role is even more important today in a war that is to a great extent fought in the global media -- to not allow the lies and the myths be repeated without question or challenge, so that at least the second and third draft of history will be more accurate than the quick first allegations."
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's speech at the American Legion's national convention on Tuesday was reportedly his toughest attack on critics of the Bush administration. Comparing the current War on Terror to events leading up to WWII, Rumsfeld quoted Winston Churchill regarding those who tried to appease Hitler saying "it was a bit like feeding a crocodile, hoping it would eat you last."
He also quoted Clemenceau who said, "War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory."
"I recount this history because once again we face similar challenges in efforts to confront the rising threat of a new type of fascism," said Rumsfeld. "Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased? Can we truly afford to return to the destructive view that America -- not the enemy -- is the real source of the world's troubles?"
Rumsfeld also addressed the media's role in the war on terror saying, "We find ourselves in a strange time when a database search of America's leading newspapers turns up ten times as many mentions of one soldier at Abu Ghraib who was punished for misconduct than mentions of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in the War on Terror; when a Newsweek senior editor disparagingly refers to the brave volunteers in our Armed Forces as a 'mercenary army'; when the former head of CNN accuses the American military of deliberately targeting journalists and the former CNN Baghdad bureau chief admits he concealed reports of Saddam Hussein's crimes when he was in power so CNN could stay in Iraq, and when Amnesty International disgracefully refers to the military facility at Guantanamo Bay -- which holds terrorists who have vowed to kill Americans, and is arguably the best run and most scrutinized detention facility in the history of warfare -- as "the gulag of our times".
"Those who know the truth," Rumsfeld insisted, "need to speak out against these kinds of myths and lies and distortions being told about our troops and our country. This watchdog role is even more important today in a war that is to a great extent fought in the global media -- to not allow the lies and the myths be repeated without question or challenge, so that at least the second and third draft of history will be more accurate than the quick first allegations. In this 'long war,' any kind of moral and intellectual confusion about who and what is right or wrong can severely weaken the ability of free societies to persevere."
"Our enemy knows this well," he continued. "They frequently invoke the names of Beirut and Somalia -- places they see as examples of American retreat and weakness. And as we have seen most recently in Lebanon, they design attacks and manipulate the media to try to demoralize public opinion. They doctor photographs of casualties, use civilians as human shields, and then provoke an outcry when civilians are accidentally killed in their midst."
"The good news is that most of the American people, though understandably influenced by what they read and see in the media, have inner gyroscopes and good centers of gravity," he concluded. "And I am confident that over time they will evaluate what is happening and come to wise conclusions."
Finally, said Rumsfeld, "I ask that you never take advantage of the liberties guaranteed by the shedding of free blood, never take for granted the freedoms granted by our Constitution. For those liberties would be merely ink on paper were it not for the sacrifice of generations of Americans who heard the call of duty and responded heart, mind, and soul with 'Yes, I will.' I believe the question is not whether we can win. It is whether we have the will to persevere. I believe that Americans do have that steel and that we have learned the lessons of history, the folly of turning a blind eye to danger, and of ignoring our responsibilities."
To read other excerpts from the Defense Secretary's speech, follow the link. / end excerpt
Toaster winner what photo would you like?
Must have been fairly warm there yesterday the VP in shirt sleeves
Thanks for the Dose, Gretchen--some great pictures today. I love the one where Laura has her arms around those two children. A lovely photo!
I never posted the Rummy photo from Monday as it was not up before I posted the thread. Glad you found it.
I do LOL
Love those 3 photos.
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