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Rumsfeld Bids Adieu, He's Gone

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 07:13:29 PM EST
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld got a big Pentagon send-off today.

Combative to the last, Rumsfeld took a slap at advocates of withdrawing U.S. troops from the war, now in its fourth year with more than 2,900 Americans dead.

"It may well be comforting to some to consider graceful exits from the agonies and, indeed, the ugliness of combat," Rumsfeld said, choking up slightly as he capped a roster of speakers at his pomp-filled goodbye ceremony. "But the enemy thinks differently."

Memo to Mr. Rumsfeld: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

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    Rumsfeld Bids Adieu, He's Gone | 5 comments (5 topical)

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    Hope he's not gone too long. (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 07:26:43 PM EST
    I'd like to see him back in the spotlight myself. Like as a defendant, maybe... facing former Gitmo detainees.

    Aaaaargh! (none / 0) (#2)
    by Al on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 08:03:55 PM EST
    It may well be comforting to some to consider graceful exits from the agonies and, indeed, the ugliness of combat, but the enemy thinks differently.

    What does that even mean? WTF is he talking about? The enemy doesn't find it comforting to consider graceful exits? Maybe the enemy doesn't find combat ugly? What?

    At least I hope the bozo who subs for Rummy for the rest of this pathetic administration speaks English.

    i beg to differ! (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 12:15:50 AM EST
    Memo to Mr. Rumsfeld: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

    i want it to hit him hard. hard enough to knock him back permanently from whence he came, never to darken the streets of washington again. unless, of course, it's to answer for the damage he's done to our nation's military.

    i think he owes the country, and especially the men & women in uniform, an explanation. and it better be damn good.

    He's gone (none / 0) (#4)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 10:06:42 AM EST
    But not forgotten.

    Pomp and pompous... (none / 0) (#5)
    by desertswine on Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 11:48:28 AM EST
    I watched a part of that. I thought they were all going to sing a chorus of "Hail, hail, Freedonia."

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