Saturday, December 11, 2004
Rumsfeld Falls Flat
When addressing troops in Kuwait, Donald Rumsfeld invited tough questions from the soldiers. He got several, including pointed questions about a failure to equip vehicles with adequate armor.
Rumsfeld, who finds his answers to the press more cute than anyone else does, had no answer for the troops. His reply of "Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here" hardly sounds like he was prepared for tough questions, or that he had adequately considered the topic.
The war in Iraq was clearly one of choice, and Rumsfeld has soaked the American people for a huge financial and human toll. I don't think it is too much to ask to give adequate protection to the young people fighting his war.
Rumsfeld, who finds his answers to the press more cute than anyone else does, had no answer for the troops. His reply of "Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here" hardly sounds like he was prepared for tough questions, or that he had adequately considered the topic.
The war in Iraq was clearly one of choice, and Rumsfeld has soaked the American people for a huge financial and human toll. I don't think it is too much to ask to give adequate protection to the young people fighting his war.
