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FReep this poll regarding Rummy and whether or not he should resign
CapitalNews.org ^ | 8/5/06 | GeorgiaDawg32

Posted on 08/05/2006 7:31:14 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

I don't normally ask people to FReep polls, but the question is:

Should Rumsfeld resign?

Yes - 80% No - 20%

Total votes 2150


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: counterinsurgency; freep; rumsfeld
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To: VaMarVet

I would like to thank the Kurds. I pray for them. They have decided to remain calm. Businesses have invested in their area and some of the Kurds are working. Yes, they have been hit from time to time with a terrorist attack, but they remain strong in their resolve. Yes, I understand that they have a group that has been around for a while that wants their own state, but most of the Kurds want to remain Iraqis.


61 posted on 08/05/2006 11:51:59 AM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: VaMarVet
If they play dirty (NBC), and IF I were in charge, you betcha I knock the living snot right out of 'em before I let another American give their life.
62 posted on 08/05/2006 11:54:11 AM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: do the dhue
Maybe the General of the 101st Airborne was right and we need to put the hammer down because this is what they understand. When in Rome ... and the Middle East is not Kansas.

I could be wrong, but I think you are mixing up who was in charge of what unit. Then MG David Petraeus (CG 101st) "got it" and in no way ever advocated the hammer for the hammer's sake. He and Marine Corps’ General Jim Mattis understood the concept of "no better friend - no worse enemy." Many here seem to advocate going straight to the no worse enemy aspect and by default creating a hundred-fold of no worse enemies in return. Bottom-line – When all you got in your toolbox are hammers – everything starts to look like nails.

63 posted on 08/05/2006 12:01:34 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: VaMarVet
I should have added former. Because the one I am talking about is one of the General complaining about the war in Iraq. And it was after he retired, when he stated this.
64 posted on 08/05/2006 12:05:13 PM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: VaMarVet


I believe in that. I stood at Kennedy's grave several weeks ago and read those words. These are not the words of the Demoratic Party. I don't feeling like appeasing anyone right now.

I am not afraid of any terrorist or nations who supports terrorist. We drove behind enemy lines further and faster and with the least amount of people killed in the history of man kind. Our troops acted with honor and bravery. I love them and I am damn proud of them.

During WWII, the US Gloria was sunk by a German destroyer. We lost over two thousand Sailors that day. Where is our resolve today? We lost three thousand people on 911. I want to make sure them people know not to come back over here with that. I want to leave a big foot print. I think a big foot print is exactly what these people will understand.
65 posted on 08/05/2006 12:14:27 PM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: do the dhue

I still think you may have it wrong concerning commander's intent in OIF - from what I gathered by your posts I got the impression you were talking about MG Odierno. He was the CG of 4th ID and seemed more inclined to going straight for the hammer as the tool of choice.


66 posted on 08/05/2006 12:17:59 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: VaMarVet

Yes, if he was one of the ten or so Generals complaining about the war not so long ago. To me, he was the only General who was saying something worth while.


67 posted on 08/05/2006 12:20:01 PM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: do the dhue
You can post all the inspirational graphics, quotes from times-gone-by, and personal accounts of how you love and support the troops...

My bottom-line is that the best way to support the troops is to fire those in leadership positions whose decisions put them in the increased "harms way" situation they are in.

IIRC - In World War II - careers were of a second nature - if you screwed up - you were fired. We need more of that philosophy now - the sooner the better...

68 posted on 08/05/2006 12:29:08 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: Grampa Dave

Should Defense Secretary Rumsfeld resign?

Yes 59%

No 41%

Total Votes: 3565


69 posted on 08/05/2006 12:29:14 PM PDT by bwteim (August 5, 1861 -- 1st Income Tax in US, 3% of incomes over $800)
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To: bwteim
Yes 58%

No 42 %

3581 votes

70 posted on 08/05/2006 12:35:58 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Straight Vermonter; Czar; nicmarlo; texastoo; Kenny Bunk; EternalVigilance; janetgreen; ...
Should Rumsfeld resign? Absolutely NO.


     
Support the war on terror


 

71 posted on 08/05/2006 12:36:05 PM PDT by Smartass ("In God We Trust" - "An informed and knowledgeably citizen is the best defense against tyranny")
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To: bwteim

Moot point, as one poster has pointed out you can simply clear cookies and vote multiple times. Would you suggest that our national elections be handled in the same manner?


72 posted on 08/05/2006 12:36:19 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: VaMarVet
Maybe you are right, but again we have not lost a lot of troops for being in the heart of the dragon. Also, if we pull out early, before the job is done, there will be terrorist camps built there tomorrow.

Here is how that will happen: After the Afghan/Russian war, the CIA was around. They told the Mujahideen that they would help them set up a Government. Some in the Mujahideen were for it and other were not. Those who were not turned into the Taliban. Also, several tribes stood up and civil war broke out. The CIA didn't want involved and they left Afghanistan.

I don't think pulling out is a good idea because I don't think I have to tell you what happened next.

Pulling out of Iraq is a National Security risk. Those who want to pull out are also a National Security risk. Here is so more inspiration for you:

73 posted on 08/05/2006 12:40:51 PM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: Smartass
I support the war on terrorism - could it be even remotely possible that we could have some better leadership in prosecuting that war?

Again, don't take me wrong - I believe the Democrat's would have messed this up ten-fold.

We need a change, and it needs be from the current administration. If we keep slogging along in Iraq until 2008 then the war is lost and we also have a Democratic administration screwing with everything else (kinda simple - but to the point)...

74 posted on 08/05/2006 12:46:48 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: do the dhue

Please read what I wrote - I do not advocate a pullout - cut and run seems to be the popular term these days. What I advocate is competent leadership in that war.

BTW - the pics are a distraction to debate - lose them and readers will focus on your words more - JMHO.


75 posted on 08/05/2006 12:53:10 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: VaMarVet
I provided two links with pertinent quotes from files I saved when the "7 General Cabal" began in earnest last April. My main point was to have you answer the question, Whom do you believe, Zinni 2000 or Zinni 2006?


What is you opinion in your own words?

Keep in mind an opinion is simply what one thinks about a topic. It is neither right or wrong, but belongs to the one owning it. Everyone has one, as they say, and they are not always acceptable to others. I am Just A Nobody, but I do have an opinion. Here goes.............

Still, even the MSM can be right at times. They called it an insurgency when the SECDEF denied it and they were spot-on. They reported on the ethnic and religious divisions and how it could very well lead to civil war and the SECDEF brushed it aside.

Of particular concern to me was ..... Bremer’s dissolution of the Iraqi Army and de-Baathification policies

People like Zinni should be running the show now – not Rumsfeld


76 posted on 08/05/2006 12:54:00 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: VaMarVet; Smartass
I think listening to appeasers and peaceniks is detrimental. Here is why: Two weeks into the war, we had to go gather Iraqi policeman and tell them to do their job. I am watching this on video. We tell the cops to do their job and we will pull security for them. The cop car is parked and there is a perimeter of tanks around the Iraqi police. Four Iraqis run up to the cop screaming that the bank was being robbed. The cop took off our troops followed. The cops nab one of the thieves. The cop cuffs the man and then smacks the thief in the head. I came up out of my chair and I was thinking, 'how are we going to win the hearts and minds with cops thumping on the people'. The cop knocked the thief on his keyster and walked over to his partner. While the cop is talking to his partner, the four people who told the cop the bank was being robbed walked up to the thief. They had sticks about three feet long in their hands. Well, they pummel the robber and the cops just stood there and watched.

Then it hit me, these people understand something different then I do. We are not in Kansas. Do as the Romans would do.

I think we should stop listening to the liberals and France and put the hammer down.
77 posted on 08/05/2006 1:00:20 PM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: Just A Nobody
I provided two links with pertinent quotes from files I saved when the "7 General Cabal" began in earnest last April. My main point was to have you answer the question, Whom do you believe, Zinni 2000 or Zinni 2006?

Good on you! Have to head off - but promise to reply to your most BS post. Just kidding, I really do have to head off now but will give your post a reply when I get back or when we have a new SECDEF - whichever comes first;-)

78 posted on 08/05/2006 1:00:26 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: do the dhue
Just one more... then cut the grass time...

I think we should stop listening to the liberals and France and put the hammer down.

Of course you do, all our foreign policy and national security woes are the fault of the MSM and the French.

Which hammer should I extract from the toolbox?

79 posted on 08/05/2006 1:04:04 PM PDT by VaMarVet
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Just voted and it's down to 52% yes and 48% no!


80 posted on 08/05/2006 1:07:27 PM PDT by SuziQ
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