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...known as the “Powell Doctrine.” He emphasized using “overwhelming force” to subdue any U.S. enemy, with “broad international support” and a “clear exit strategy.” But Rumsfeld ignored years of conventional wisdom by acting under the assumption that advances in military technology can replace a multilateral coalition of real troops and well-delineated contingency plans. In doing so, he essentially used Iraq, a nation of 26 million people, as a laboratorial experiment to corroborate his warped military visions...
...Rumsfeld has also exhibited a frightening disregard for human rights and international law, sanctioning the torture and degradation of numerous prisoners of war in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions. Sexual humiliation, waterboarding, and the use of dogs were but a few of the innumerable cruel crimes perpetrated by the U.S. military at the Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo Bay detainment camps. The alleged subsequent cover-up within the DoD only further betrayed Rumsfeld’s authorization of and apathy towards the brutal mistreatment of foreign fugitives...
...these reasons, Rumsfeld has been met with universal revile and bears almost singular responsibility for the U.S.’s continuing decline in international clout. We are relieved to see his resignation as the first sign of accountability in the Bush administration, and we can only hope that his successor, former CIA chief Robert M. Gates, will serve with an open mind and salvage what remains of Iraq and the credibility of our nation. Thrice before have we called for Rumsfeld’s resignation, and it’s about time. Amen...
PELOSI Yes. Donald Rumsfeld is an employee. The President of the United States makes the policy, and the more he campaigned, the better...
...tantalizing to imagine that Baker, who plans to issue his report next month, pushed Bush to dump Rumsfeld for Gates. A former Baker aide last week called the coincidence of timing "painfully obvious" and noted the appointment of Gates to the Baker commission last year. There is also the fact that Rumsfeld has long been resented by many Bush 41 loyalists, who recall the way Rumsfeld schemed to get Bush appointed director of the CIA in 1976 to prevent him from becoming Gerald Ford's running mate that year. But there were more pressing reasons for Rumsfeld...