Marines Get News From Iraqi Host: Rumsfeld's Out. 'Who's Rumsfeld?'

[No Exit]

ZAGARIT, Iraq, Nov. 9 — Hashim al-Menti smiled wanly at the marine sergeant beside him on his couch. The sergeant had appeared in the darkness on Wednesday night, knocking on the door of Mr. Menti’s home.
When Mr. Menti answered, a squad of infantrymen swiftly moved in, making him an involuntary host. Since then marines had been on his roof with rifles, watching roads where insurgents often planted bombs.

Mr. Menti had passed the time watching television. Now he had news. He spoke in broken English. “Rumsfeld is gone,” he told the sergeant, Michael A. McKinnon. “Democracy,” he added, and made a thumbs-up sign. “Good.”

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The sergeant went upstairs to tell his marines, just as he had informed them the day before that the Republican Party had lost control of the House of Representatives and that Congress was in the midst of sweeping change. Mr. Menti had told them that, too. “Rumsfeld’s out,” he said to five marines sprawled with rifles on the cold floor. Lance Cpl. James L. Davis Jr. looked up from his cigarette. “Who’s Rumsfeld?” he asked.

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[SteppingRazor]

1. If I were in Iraq, he wouldn't be the first thing on my mind either...

politics tends to take a backseat when you spend most of your time dodging bullets.

[No Exit]

2. True--just seeing his ugly face would be bad for morale!

[IndianaGreen]

3. Lance Cpl. James L. Davis Jr is figthing for Jesus

like many other GIs from fundie families, he thinks that he is in the middle of a Christian Crusade to bring Jesus to the heathens.

I can't imagine a GI that is ignorant of the chain of command. Who the hell are they recruiting now, imbeciles?