[lit-ideas] Re: Rumsfeld, or, a small leak sinks a great ship
- From: andy amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 05:30:16 -0700 (PDT)
A lot of people still do like Rumsfeld, like his toughness. Which I find
interesting given that under his leadership we've become embroiled in a war
that could last for decades. The terrorist threat is anywhere from unchanged
to worse. I wonder sometimes if we're now in the same position the Soviet
Union was in during the Cold War arms race. Granted, we're far more solvent
than the USSR was, and granted the insurgents, etc. have no GDP per se. Which
may say nothing at all since an urban guerrilla war can be cheap for them,
expensive for us.
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From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
Sent: May 12, 2004 9:09 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Rumsfeld
In a message dated 5/12/2004 3:54:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writeforu2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Should Rumsfeld go?
I actually like Rumsfeld very much, independent of his politics or maybe in
spite of his politics.
Rumsfeld is the only Secretary of Defense to have truly challenged the
fat-cat Pentagon weapons industry crowd. For example, weapons corporations and
lobbyists were trying to ram this mobile howitzer weapon (think it was named,
unfortunately, The Crusader) into the budget, and Rumsfeld killed it. Because
he's
only Defense Secretary, the lobbyists succeeded in getting it reintroduced
into legislation, trying to maneuver past Rumsfeld, but Rumsfeld managed to
kill
it again.
Many Weapons Suppliers and Pentagon Old Buddies truly hate Rumsfeld. He has
disrupted their feeding trough, and they will do what they can to get him out,
see him replaced by some industry rubber stamp secretary.
I admire that. His willingness to face down the big money goes a long way,
and any nonpolitical arguments to give him the bum's rush out of the Bush
cabinet must deal with all the contributions Rumsfeld has made to DOD.
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