Word: rumsfeldism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think it will affect public support for the war one iota." Thompson, like other military analysts, credits the grim realism of the Pentagon's public relations team for keeping the possibility of American deaths in the forefront of everyone's mind - and lessening the blow of this new reality. "Rumsfeld and others have been predicting U.S. deaths since this campaign began," Thompson adds. Sadly, it seems those long-standing predictions have finally come true...
Early in the administration, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld had a conversation with his boss. "A lot of people in the world had come to conclude that the United States was gun-shy, that we were risk averse," Rumsfeld told TIME. "The President and I concluded that whenever it occurred down the road that the United States was under some sort of threat or attack, the United States would be leaning forward, not back...
...Secretary of State Powell that Pakistan would have to choose sides, just like everyone else. "They're either with us or against us," Bush said. Asked later how he knew he could count on Musharraf to be an ally, Bush told TIME, "Because I trust Colin Powell and Don Rumsfeld...
...State Powell. "It was taking time to connect." Bush, aides said, was unsatisfied and told his team to pick up the pace. Within days, the State Department had pushed Uzbek President Islam Karimov into relenting, and the CIA had worked out its differences with Fahim. After clearing it with Rumsfeld, Franks gave the order to bomb the front lines of the Taliban...
...Donald Rumsfeld got warm recognition for making it "okay to like John Wayne again" ... "Rumsfeld remained in the Pentagon as it was being blown up" and "has kept our country safe and secure in the most trying moment in our history." His counterweight, Colin Powell, also got nods: "Colin Powell has for years demonstrated leadership with his incisive intellect, astute geopolitical foresight, compelling eloquence, and commanding dignity" ... "Behind the scenes, but the glue and foundation of the administration in the current situation...