Rumsfeld's Role as War Strategist Under Scrutiny

Reuters ^ | 3-30-03 | By Will Dunham

[tomahawk]

Hit piece.

Liars and morons.

[LarryM]

Where's the barf alert?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It's interesting to watch pack journalism at work. This is about the umteenth article about Rumsfeld's role in the planning and implementation of our war plan.

[Just mythoughts]

Have you kept track of how many of these types of stories are out today?

[AntiGuv]

It's interesting to watch pack journalism at work. This is about the umteenth article about Rumsfeld's role in the planning and implementation of our war plan.

It's likely to get much worse before it gets better...

[EggsAckley]

Rumsfeld's Reuters Role as War Strategist Correspondent Under Scrutiny

[Blueflag]

If it's Reuters criticising Rumsfeld, he must be spot on.

He's the new "Donald"

[teokee]

rummy is getting under the rats skin

[EternalVigilance]

They're just mad because their nice little office in Baghdad was put on the target list.

I say hit em again, there was way too much of it still standing.

[gulfcoast6]

Former, Retired, Press, they just hate to see someone suceed when they have failed.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Have you kept track of how many of these types of stories are out today?

 

Rumsfeld's Role as War Strategist Under Scrutiny
Reuters, UK - 12 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's influence in crafting
the plan for the Iraq war is facing scrutiny as it becomes apparent the ...
       Rumsfeld's war plan is hotly debated - Everett Herald
       Defense chief taking flak daily on war progress - Chicago Sun Times
       Prince and Subjects Were Let Down - Newsday
       The Globe and Mail - Hindustan Times - and more »

New Yorker Weekly: Rumsfeld 'Rejected War Planners' Advice
Voice of America - 4 hours ago
A published report says US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected advice from
Pentagon military planners about the size and strength of the American ...
       Rumsfeld in the firing line - BBC
       Iran's UN ambassador critical of Rumsfeld strategy - ABC Online
       War planners at odd with Rumsfeld - Irib
       Melbourne Herald Sun

Rumsfeld's Imperious Style Turns Combative
New York Times - 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON, March 29 In the best of times, Donald H. Rumsfeld parried questions
from the Pentagon press corps in the same imperious way Professor Kingsfield ...
       A war of 'shock' turns complex - Boston Globe
       Hope and pray this Iraq war ends real soon - South Coast Today
       Syria rejects American charge - Toronto Star
 

[Terry Mross]

McCaffrey commanded all the units in Latin America. Now that's a real hot bed of military activity!

Gettin Civilians in charge of the military is a good thing and I can't believe the Pentagon called the shots when Clinton was prez.

However, I do remember a lot of people pissed at Rummy because he only asked for half the money for defense that people thought he should as for.

[Wooly]

Since Barry McCaffrey while retired, still holds the rank of General as he did not resign his commission, the DOD should recall him to active duty and start court martial proceedings against him under the UCMJ Article.

888. ART. 88. CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

That would cool some of these arm chair generals.

[rmvh]

Rumsfeld and the Bush administration have been allowed exactly zero mistakes in this war by the media and the Hollywood misfits....who in turn are anxious for another American failure.

This is just a repeat of how the Media and Hollywood lost the Vietnam war by carefully cultivating the public to aquire a loser's attitude.

[cgbg]

Reuters vs. Rumsfeld

Oh, such a tough decision as to whose side to take.

One is a press agency that sides with people who vow in the name of Allah to conduct a jihah to kill American civilian and military personnel.

Another is a Defense Secretary whose vow to destroy the terrorists and will accept no outcome but victory in defeating those who have vowed to kill American civilian and military personnel.

I really have to think about this before making a decision. ;-)

[Just mythoughts]

Little doubt that it is orchestrated.

What I hate most about this is that the desired affect is to create doubt, and cause more grief to those families who have lost family members in Iraq.

Picking up the banner where the so-called "PEACE" protesters, have failed so totally. Got to bring those poll numbers down.

This bunch has the same mindset of Saddam. Pure "evil".

[Just mythoughts]

By the way I forgot to tell you, thank you so much for the list.

Have a good day.

[Valin]

Military analyst Jack Spencer of the Heritage Foundation said Rumsfeld is facing the huge task of bringing change to an institution, the military, that resists it mightily.

That's what this is all about. It really has nothing to do with the war in Iraq.
For what it's worth I'm sure Rumsfeld and the President knew they would come under this kind of attack.

"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status."
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)

[AmericaUnited]

Everyone seems to be forgetting that we needed to start this thing PRONTO!!

Plus the turks screwed us!