Word: rumsfeldism
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...Donald Rumsfeld is the kind of guy who takes no prisoners. Literally. A couple of weeks ago, Rumsfeld said at a press conference that the U.S. military was not "in the position to have people surrender to us. If people try to, we are declining." Rumsfeld added that the U.S. did not have enough forces on the ground to accept prisoners and that the Northern Alliance should "make their own judgments on that." Most U.S. journalists seemed satisfied with the explanation. When CNN anchor Judy Woodruff came back on the screen after the press conference, she did not mention...
News consumers in Arab and Muslim nations, however, got an earful about it. In newspapers and on TV in many predominantly Islamic nations, Rumsfeld's "declining" of surrenders was seen as a barbaric order to kill anyone with a white flag. Al-Hayat, a Saudi-owned paper read by Muslims around the globe, said Rumsfeld uttered the words with a "coldness that makes the hearts of legal experts shiver." Pundits on al-Jazeera, the 24-hr. views-and-news channel based in Qatar, asserted that Northern Alliance troops were mostly shooting those from Arab nations who had gone to help...
...that he'll never have to. In the upper echelons of Washington, D.C., where one might expect the most heated of responses to the Walker case, there is a perceptible push to withhold a verdict. This week, President Bush referred to Walker as "this poor fellow," and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld told reporters his fate would be decided "in good time...
...Only a week ago the State Department had sent General Anthony Zinni to cajole both sides into a cease-fire and a return to political dialogue. Last weekend's terror attacks appeared to tilt the balance in the White House towards those skeptical of engaging with Arafat. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld attacked the Palestinian leader as a political weakling who has done nothing for his people, and President Bush added that Israel could not be expected to negotiate a peace agreement while it was being terrorized. The result is a mixed message, in which the U.S. now appears to sanction Israel...
...Afghanistan - is coming soon. The Marines are on the ground, holding down the airfield outside the city with help Army, Navy and Air Force personnel. U.S. bombing raids Sunday and Monday succeeded in destroying all but one route in and out. Equipment is pouring in. And in Washington, Donald Rumsfeld used another Sunday-talkie appearance to warn Americans that their sons and daughters in uniform are "entering a very dangerous aspect of this conflict." In other words, prepare for casualties...