Rumsfeld: US able to take new fight despite Iraq

[Barrett808]

Rumsfeld: US able to take new fight despite Iraq
By Kristin Roberts

NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nevada, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned potential adversaries on Monday that the United States remained capable of responding to military threats at home and abroad, despite its troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"We are capable of dealing with other problems were they to occur," he told troops at an airfield in the Nevada desert.

"It would be unfortunate if other countries thought that because we have 136,000 troops in Iraq today, that we're not capable of defending our country or doing anything that we might need to do," he said in response to a question about military options for dealing with Iran.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B840443.htm

[rodeodance]

1. hey Rummy, you are incompetetant!---no one believes you now.

[Ezlivin]

2. Hell, we can't even fight in Iraq and Afghanistan!

Is this another "bring 'em on" moment for this administration?

They just love the smell of endless war.

[daleo]

3. He said, hopping around on one leg.

There is a Monty Python skit that works here.

[thereismore]

8. It's just a flesh wound!

[krispos42]

17. It's only a flesh wound!

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<sigh> I probably should scroll down more before I rely to a Monty Python line.....

[go west young man]

23. Biten off by a rabbit who can leap a mile across!!!!!!!!

[NanceGreggs]

4. Rumsfeld also said ...

... in September 2003, when asked about the growing insugency in Iraq:
"A platoon out of any one of my battalions could defeat the threat, readily.”

So how's THAT goin', Rummy?

[Art_from_Ark]

27. That reminds me of a scene from "The Great Locomotive Chase"

A Southern train is carrying Confederate recruits to the front line. One of the Southern soldiers gets up and tries to rally the others.

Soldier: "How many Yankees can a Southerner whup?"

Everyone: "Five!"

Soldier: "How many?"

Everyone: "Ten!"

Soldier: "That's more like it! Why, just one company of us Southerners, armed with pop guns, can wipe out an entire regiment of Yankees!"

[jimshoes]

5. What's unfortunate don,

is that you are still where you are. Your army should tell you where to stick it. You are breaking the Armed Forces because you will not admit your policy ideas and war making ability are good for shit. You're a better neo-con than you are an American.

[Swede Atlanta]

6. And so the drumbeat continues

They just don't get it. The American people are tired of terra! terra! terra! and they aren't going to buy off on a commitment of more money and resources on a new boogeyman.

[Dover]

More like the "Dumb-beat".

On and on and on.......

[Dover]

25. *double post deleted

[David Zephyr]

7. It's getting close to November & election time. Here comes Iran.

Yep, Iran may be the Bush crowd's last hail mary pass to keep congress. They wouldn't stoop so low, would they?

[City Lights]

13. Iran was the first thing I thought of when I read this.

Then I couldn't help but wonder if this was rummy's "bring it on" moment. :scared:

[David Zephyr]

18. Grown men acting like little boys playing war that really costs lives.

What vile people this administration is filled with. Is your name from Bruce's song?

[City Lights]

20. Yes. eom

[The Wielding Truth]

26. Me, too. How can they be stopped?

[Marrak]

9. Golly Gee, Let's take Baghdad , again...

to, golly gee prove, it...:silly:

[Rose Siding]

11. Have we been there? Sure! Have we done that? You bet!

Does it EVER get old? That's a known unknown.

[Tanuki]

10. Even Katrina rescue efforts were undermined

by National Guard troops and supplies being in Iraq instead of in Louisiana where they should have been. Rumsfeld is a cretin. He is rattling a broken sabre, and everyone knows it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Did anyone suggest drug testing this demented little *****?

Good grief, what has this horrible little man been smoking?

[classysassy]

14. Rummy and the other dummies

when are the sane armeicans gonna wake from their slumber and despose this evil administration?,soon I hope.

[BushOut06]

15. Rumsfeld = Dr. Strangelove

I bet right now, Rummy is making a case to invade Iran, Syria, and North Korea.

[Anakin Skywalker]

16. You KNOW What This Means!

Pssst....The Draft is coming!

[bobthedrummer]

19. Meanwhile there are "war games" being conducted by Iran

Russia and their regional allies as well as China and their regional allies-but I'm sure that is no big deal to Mr. Revolution in Military Affairs and the mercenary force multiplier industries that don't care about protecting defending or preserving OUR Constitution, which our military take an oath to do-unlike the treacherous "leadership" of the BFEE.

Iran "war games" link
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=WES20060826&articleId=3076

Russia and China "war games" link
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20060824&articleId=3056

[krispos42]

21. Don't stone me, but he's partially right

The Air Force and Navy still have enormous striking power at their disposal and can maintain it for quite a while. Navy F/A-18s and Air Force F-15Es and F-16s can drop plenty of ordinance. B-52s and B-1Bs can launch clouds of long-range cruise missiles and guided and unguided bombs. Cruise missiles can also be launced by the Ticonderoga-class cruisers, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and Los Angeles-class submarines. And those 5-inch guns on the destroyers and cruisers can spit out 20 rounds a minute, each shell weighing 70 pounds and with a range of nearly 15 miles.

The real problem here is that we seem to lack the troops and logistics to invade and hold the places that we flatten. Bombing does not conquer land in and of itself. You need the famous "boots on the ground" to take, occupy, and administer what we bomb. I think we can currently muster up a troop of Boy Scouts to occupy Tehran.

Draft, anybody?

[cliss]

22. Why are you even opening your mouth,

you Stupid Arrogant incompetent piece of shit old man.

This shriveled up old Has-Been is taking up space at the Pentagon....as the Boss. They should throw him out with yesterday's garbage.

Delusional old fool Thank you for letting me rant:smoke:

[IndianaGreen]

24. I think I know where those extra troops are that Rummy was talking about

[pinniped]

28. Ya, we got thousands of nukes that need real world testing.

What a freaking idiot.

[pinniped]

29. Dbl. post

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[Toots]

30. or doing anything that we might need to do,"

What on earth could he be talkig about? If they are not defending America what the hell would they need to do? Attacking Iran??

[Javaman]

31. one word; draft. nt

[raccoon]

32. It's a shame they couldn't have a draft just for Bush supporters.

They'd sing a different tone when they and their kids and grandkids had to "go over there and kick ass."

[Vinca]

33. That remark means one thing to me: Iran.

After the election, that's the plan. They want to get it done before King George's term is (mercifully) up. Things could quickly go from bad to worst case scenario.

[Amonester]

34. Exactly. And gas at $10/gallon+ for their BigOil contributors,

imagine their bloated retirement plans! Not that they'd really need 'da boost' as they R right now...

Rummy & Co really support the troops! (As long as havemores can and sure will profit from their sacrifices...).

And those lefty Blue States in the North can just freeze to death as far as Darth Chenious & Rumdumb R concerned... their "sacrifice" will be worth it. /sarcasm