Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign

[FreakinDJ]

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign and take his top deputies with him. That includes Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary Douglas Feith.

It's not just Mr. Rumsfeld's latest fiasco, the botched handling of the investigation of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld seriously underestimated the number of U.S. troops required for the occupation of Iraq and the potential for American casualties.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld seriously overestimated the threat from weapons of mass destruction.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld ignored the State Department's plans for the occupation and relied on private security forces and private companies with no-bid contracts.

It's not just that U.S. policy in Iraq has devolved in dangerous ad hocery, with one day's decision reversed the next day.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld had charged around the world insulting key allies.

It's the accumulation of all these miscalculations, misconceptions and missteps - and an arrogant inability to admit his mistakes - that require him to step down. If the Defense Department were a corporation, its CEO would be long gone.

Mr. Rumsfeld has consistently been wrong. He has responded to criticism by bullying and sneering at his critics. His arrogant miscalculations have cost American soldiers their lives and continue to put them at grave risk. The Army has been stretched to the breaking point. Billions of dollars of U.S. treasure continue to sink into the sands of Iraq; Wednesday, President George W. Bush asked Congress for $25 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

American prestige has suffered around the world. Saddam Hussein and his nonexistent WMDs have been replaced with a mob of insurgents that poses a greater threat to Americans than Saddam ever did.
For his mistakes and his inability to recognize them, Mr. Rumsfeld must go.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/8604332.htm

[hermetic]

1. Sign the petition

http://www.petitiononline.com/utahutah/petition.html

Not that Bush Co. will pay any attention to it, but signing it made me feel a little better.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Send an Email to your senator

Rumsfeld is in 3 different committee hearings today. We should be flooding the capitol with Emails asking for his resignation

[bryant69]

3. How about the argument that

The Bush Administration could transfer the blame over the Rumsfeld, fire him, and essentially exonerate themselves from wrong doing? Sort of a rituallistic cleansing of the administration (but of course after the election, we'll see that their policies haven't really changed.

I don't know. I certainly think that Rumsfeld's a bad guy and needs to go; I just want to get bigger game (i.e. President Bush, Vice President Cheney) along with Rumsfeld.

Bryant
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[hermetic]

4. Right, but

if we could get rid of any one of them now, it would be like cutting off one of W's hands or something, like one of the heads of the hydra. See?

[bryant69]

5. That's a fair point

But I don't know about the Hydra analogy; didn't two heads grow back for everyone sliced off? We don't need Rumsfeld times two.

I just hope that those who make our case argue that Rumsfeld was the cause of a lot of misery, but also the symptom of President Bush's policies and leadership style.

[FreakinDJ]

6. Yes they would go into the elections like walking wounded

The loss of Rumsfeld would send the Mis-administration into a disarray. Some of the staffers would leave with him and ultimately end up talking to the media in order to stay alive politically.

Still others would defect from the damaged Bush camp. Powell might even come to his senses remembering days of old when he was allowed to use his intelligence and morals.

The Dems should be in an all out effort to form an Email / call in campaign demanding Mr Rumsfeld resignation

[JHB]

7. Even better, they should ALL go

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1547496

Newsday calls for a full housecleaning: Rummy, Wolfie, Feith, Condi, etc.

[FreakinDJ]

8. Agreed... but here is a REAL chance to deal a blow to Bush

Rumsfeld is very vulnerable right now and we should be doing every thing to help give his poor quilt ridden little mind a push in the direction of resignation.

This is an opportunity we should not miss to deal the Bush administration a significant set back. One that would surely follow them all the way to the election in November like a dark cloud