Bottom line on Rummy's *resignation*...

[nosmokes]

It just goes to show how much contempt he and the bushco inner circle have for the boot on the ground. To use his office as some sort of political tool while brave young men and women bleed and die and families are ripped asunder because this man, who hasn't been in a uniform since boy scouts (if then) has a new vision of what the US military should look like is simply deplorable. I know that speaker to be Pelosi doesn't want an impeachment, but i do believe with my heart of hearts that Rumsfield has earned a hard look for criminal activity for his actions as SecDef.

[lcordero2]

1. this is the REAL bottomline

He resigned in order to avoid investigation of every move that he has ever done in the past 30-40 years.

[Virginia Dare]

2. Yes, the impending investigations will start at DOD....

some very nasty shit is going to come out. If Rummy had stayed, he would have been hauled before committee after committee to explain himself, probably even before the Democrats took power. Granted, he could still be subpoenaed, but that's a far different scenario than being at the full behest of the Congress whenever they demanded it. I can only hope that criminal charges are in his very near future.

[Redstone]

3. Yes, he has. He's as much of a war criminal as Macnamara was.

Redstone

[Freedom_from_Chains]

4. Well it is what she is saying today but

there is a long way to go and things can change quickly in this type of environment.

[volstork]

5. How about a little "dunk in water"?

[Clark2008]

6. Actually, Rummy did serve three years in the Navy.

That was back when nearly all men had to serve and it was during peacetime.

I don't want us to sound like ill-informed Freepers.

:hi:

[radfringe]

7. you got that right

whether or not it was announced before or after the election - it is still seen as putting politics before people

if politics were not involved - he would have accepted rummy's resignation months ago when it was offered

ennywhoo - I'm in a quandry. So I send flowers or cake to Rummy for his going-away party?

[foo_bar]

8. what a difference a week makes

Bush Says Rumsfeld, Cheney Should Stay

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006
By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent
(AP)


(AP) President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his administration.

"Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them," Bush said in an interview with The Associated Press and others.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/01/ap/politics/mainD8L4HBPG0.shtml

He even gave the official "heck of a job" kiss of death. Does this mean Cheney's out next?

[Art_from_Ark]

9. So when is bu$h going to pardon him?

Before the trial, like his father did with Casper Weinberger, or after the trial, like his father did with Elliot Abrams?

[newsdude]

10. I was thinking the same damn thing

He completely politicized one of the nation's most crucial offices.