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Journal pudge's Journal: Rumsfeld Resignation 6

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This keeps cropping up. There are a few people who want Rumsfeld to resign because they think he has not well-implemented policy, or because he is simply not good at his job. But overwhelmingly, most people want him to resign because they disagree with Iraq policy and think it is a failure; but Rummy is only doing what Bush wants in that respect, so a new SecDef would presumably not change anything.

So why a new SecDef? In case it is not already obvious to you: it is because a new SecDef requires Senate hearings, which would give the Democrats an opportunity to attack Bush and the Iraq policies on TV, 24/7, for a week or two.

That's it. That's the reason. And now you know, if you didn't already.

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    by GMontag ( 42283 )
    The opposition just wants to create as much termoil as possible so they can attempt to gain control again.
  • I thought I'd missed some news or something. Thank God you were only talking about the possibility. I'm not saying he's the best SecDef ever, but at least communication between the Defense Department and the people has probably never been better....
    • That's OK. I will say it.
      I believe that he is the best SecDef in recent history.
      (Yeah, I didn't technically say "best ever" :-P)

      Personally, I'm hoping that whomever the Republicans put in the White house in a few years leaves all the cabinet positions as is. So the Dems don't get the photo ops^W^Wconfirmation hearings. ;->
      'Cuz it would be sooo funny watching them try to spin "we didn't get a chance to grandstand!!!" for the media.
      'course it would all be an evil Rovian plot.
      • I obviously don't know as much about the military as you do, but from where I sit, I think he's done a very good job.

        The funniest part is when people say he is gruff with generals and the media, and I am like ... yeah! Oh ... you meant that as a BAD thing?
  • Our dialectic discussion [slashdot.org] was archived, but I want to continue with it.

    I thought that car accidents were quite common, and head injuries causing brain death while on life support were one of the most if not the most frequent source of donor organs. Do you know what happens to organs after autonomic nervous system death? They fill up with a bunch of really bad stuff that isn't usually in the blood stream. All kinds of sphincters in glands and ducts go haywire. Ask your doctor about the difference in org

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