Rummy wants you to "just back off," okay?

[tuvor]

Rumsfeld tells war critics to 'back off'

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that anyone demanding deadlines for progress in Iraq should "just back off," because it is too difficult to predict when Iraqis will resume control of their country.

During an often-combative
Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld said that while benchmarks for security, political and economic progress are valuable, "it's difficult. We're looking out into the future. No one can predict the future with absolute certainty."

He said the goals have no specific deadlines or consequences if they are not met by specific dates.

"You're looking for some sort of a guillotine to come falling down if some date isn't met," Rumsfeld told reporters. "That is not what this is about."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld

[kenny blankenship]

1. Respect his feelings goddamnit, you insensitive clods!

[saltpoint]

2. Those nasty jackals who drove Dick Nixon from office are after

Rummy now!

The liberal media will stop at nothing!

[Mz Pip]

3. No can do, Rummy.

You've made too many mistakes for everyone to just sit back and shut up.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[bdamomma]

4. Keith showed rummy tonite, god, rummy was disgusting thought

he was going to lose it, these thugs just do not want to be questioned by anyone. Did you see how he just walked away when he was finished. Rummy is an old man, he should just sit in some retirement home, and count his blood money.

[niyad]

5. civics 101 refresher course, rummy. YOU WORK FOR US, you

asshole, NOT the other way around. YOU TAKE YOUR ORDERS FROM US, NOT the other way around. please look up the phrase, "public servant", learn it, own it.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Complicated

He said Iraq was complicated. Well hell we know that bushy and his buddies have it so screwed up Einstein could figure it out.