Word: rumsfeldism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...pity that the American public was not privileged to hear the dissenting voices of professional soldiers such as Lieut. General Greg Newbold [April 17] before incompetent civilians like George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney-- and Tony Blair--launched a disastrous war. I pray that in the next presidential election someone will appear to make America a respected and honorable country once again...
...jobs, let alone an outsider who brings his own celebrity and authority. But with his polls at historic lows for an historic length of time, the President has decided to make a few fundamental changes while sticking to his guns in other areas, notably retaining Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld...
...DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, predicting that calls from retired generals for him to step down will fade away...
...that context, keeping Donald Rumsfeld makes sense for the President even if the calls for him to leave grow louder. Replacing Rumsfeld is unlikely to change the situation in Iraq or raise the President's popularity, because the President seems uninterested in a new approach to the three-year-old war. Little wonder that on Tuesday, the President reasserted his support for the embattled secretary, telling reporters, "I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best...
...Some of the criticisms against Rumsfeld, that he ignores his field commanders and has an arrogant management style - have other secretaries of defense or war been accused of similar shortcomings...