Word: rumsfeldism
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...Iraqis. Both agreed that the matter now required face time with Administration principals in Washington. When the conversation resumed the next day, it took just a quick look at calendars--President Bush was off to London for a state visit then to Texas for Thanksgiving, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was about to leave for Asia--for everyone to recognize that Bremer should get back to Washington, fast...
...best face on things. True, the Japanese have delayed the deployment of their promised force to Iraq, and the South Koreans have capped the number they plan to send, but--as always--all will be well. The growing number of Iraqi security forces--now, according to Rumsfeld, 131,000 strong--will augment the troops of those members of the coalition who still have a stomach for the fight. It is likely, however, that there will be plenty of U.S. forces in Iraq for some time. A Pentagon official in Iraq says the plan is to eventually take all U.S. soldiers...
...while back, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dubbed the insurgents who are making life so difficult for coalition forces, Iraqi authorities and anyone caught in the cross fire "dead-enders," losers from Saddam Hussein's regime with nothing left to do but go down fighting. U.S. military officials said the enemy fighters lacked organization and coordination. No one would say any of this now. American officials acknowledge that the insurgents are a potent and increasingly structured force. A former Saddam aide who is close to insurgents in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, agrees. What were once dispersed cells are now meeting...
...leaked memo, secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote that "the coalition can win in Afghanistan and Iraq ... but it will be a long hard slog" [Nov. 3]. The memo shows that Rumsfeld intends to have it both ways. If the U.S. is successful in Iraq, he gets all the credit. If Iraq is a disaster, he can say, "I told you so!" EVELYN WOTHERSPOON Calgary...
...Rumsfeld is firing parting shots as he begins his long exit from the Bush Administration. He knows he will not be Defense Secretary after this President's current term in office ends. Rumsfeld is going to do it his way. JEFF MORGAN Rochester, Minn...