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Former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld??s resignation on Nov. 8, however, marks a step in the right direction. With estimates as high as 650,000 Iraqi deaths since the war began in 2003, Rumsfeld??s hubristic view of himself in the Department of Defense (DoD) as omnipotent military orchestrator has led to nothing short of disaster. A war games simulation in 1999 suggested that more than 400,000 ground troops would be required in order to maintain stability in a post-invasion Iraq, but only about one-third of that number is there...
...Rumsfeld??s temperament and authoritarian style of leadership have also aroused the ire of eight retired generals (who had already called for his resignation in early 2006), the “Army Times” along with three other papers with a military readership, and numerous politicians from both major parties. Almost all his critics point to his arrogance, his refusal to acknowledge his mistakes, his lack of respect for the armed forces, and his officious inclination towards military micromanagement. Former Army Chief of Staff Eric K. Shinseki, the one lone voice in the DoD who had dared...
...direct violation of the Geneva Conventions. Sexual humiliation, waterboarding, and the use of dogs were but a few of the innumerable cruel crimes perpetrated by the U.S. military at the Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo Bay detainment camps. The alleged subsequent cover-up within the DoD only further betrayed Rumsfeld??s authorization of and apathy towards the brutal mistreatment of foreign fugitives...
...resignation as the first sign of accountability in the Bush administration, and we can only hope that his successor, former CIA chief Robert M. Gates, will serve with an open mind and salvage what remains of Iraq and the credibility of our nation. Thrice before have we called for Rumsfeld??s resignation, and it’s about time. Amen...
...heels of outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld??s ouster and the midterm elections—in which the war in Iraq was considered a prevailing factor—students debated the relative merits of “staying the course” versus “leaving Iraq to the Iraqi people.” Hosted by the Campus Political Society, last Thursday’s debate—the fourth in a semester-long series of seven—explored the question “How and under what conditions the United States should withdraw...