Word: rumsfeldism
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After Sept. 11, we saw the president, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld all working with other nations, with the military and with intelligence to help us get through our current international crisis...
...Dostum's fortress. The Northern Alliance had promised amnesty for Afghan Taliban fighters; the foreigners were a problem. The U.S. had made clear during the siege of Kunduz that it would not accept any outcome that allowed Al Qaeda operatives to escape to other countries - they should, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said bluntly, "either be killed or taken prisoner." Dostum had taken the captives to his fortress, announcing that he would hand them over to the United Nations after processing. Exactly how he planned to do this was unclear, since there is currently no UN security presence in Afghanistan...
...what are Donald Rumsfeld's targets once Afghanistan is over? Ask anyone at the Pentagon and they'll simply remind you that Afghanistan is far from over, and may not be for some time yet. Still, with President Bush dangling hints that Saddam Hussein will face the consequences if he doesn't allow arms inspectors back in and U.S. officials starting to mention the likes of Sudan, Yemen and Somalia, it's clear the administration is considering its next step...
...mile coastline, inhospitable, warlord-dominated terrain and the near total absence of government authority make it perfect bin Laden country. And the U.S. believes there's already an association: "Somalia has been a place that has harbored al Qaeda and, to my knowledge, still is," Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said Tuesday. And in this era of zero-tolerance, that's fighting talk...
...Marines are never a long-term deployment. They're equipped and outfitted for 30 days. Plainly, they can stay longer, but it's not the Army that's going in here. As Rumsfeld has made clear, the U.S. has no desire to hang onto any piece of Afghan real estate. Once the mission is accomplished, they'll depart...