The Troops best Christmas Present? Yo, Donald "You're Fired!!"
Got to wonder if the "new" SECDEF sign all the casualty letters policy will be in effect this week, and whether or not Fearless Leader will be doing comforting or Southern Comfort.
The press information center for U.S. forces in Baghdad announced in an e-mail late today that of the 22 people killed, 14 were U.S. military personnel, four were U.S. civilians, three were Iraqi Security Forces and one was an unidentified non-American. Sixty-nine people are now believed to have been wounded -- 44 of them U.S. military personnel. Twenty-nine people have been released from the hospital, the announcement said.
I'd sure hate to interrupt Donald the Incompetant's squash schedule for something as trivial as the death of 14 American Soldiers.
Preznit Purely Psychotic will, I am sure be celebrating his Holidays secure in the knowledge that he's bested Daddy on three fronts, winning re-election, ousting Saddam Hussein and getting more American Servicemen killed than any President since Vietnam for a lie.
If the Gulf of Tonkin resolution were the historical event we were supposed to learn from, I guess there are some folks who choose to defy the maxim of "learning from history". Gee, wonder who that might be?
posted by Jo Fish on 12.22.04 at 07:27 PM
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Bush Jr. will not fire Rumsfeld for that would be tantamount to a confession of failure. Let the Republicans demand Rummy's ass. Meantime, Democrats can keep Bush Jr.'s feet to the fire. The retention of Rummy should be a daily reminder to Americans of the incompetence and arrogance of Bush Jr.'s Administration. Then perhaps with the elections in 2006 the balance in Congress can shift. Besides, if Rummy were to be fired, and Iraq continued as a quagmire, then the neocons would say that Rummy was not permitted to complete the job. Sadly, and unfortunately for our troops, Rummy must stay on as long as Bush Jr. continues to serve.
posted by: Shag from Brookline on 12.23.04 at 07:27 AM [permalink]
This thing stinks of Vietnam all over again. Naturally, these sonofabitches didn't learn anything from it, they didn't go!
All responsibility belongs to the Crawford Coward, but since he won't accept it, Rumsfailed getting blamed and fired is the next best thing.
posted by: merl on 12.23.04 at 09:20 AM [permalink]
The reason he didn't sign them was to expidite notification to next of kin? How on Earth did they sign all those in WWII? WHAT stopped him from signing an actual condolence letter AFTER the notification to next of kin
