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Offline FBBone

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« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2006, 02:23:13 PM »
18 year old Scotch Whiskey, job well done!
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« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2006, 03:33:05 PM »
Gabby Johnson
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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2006, 03:49:51 PM »
Thrawn++ :D
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« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2006, 07:50:09 PM »
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no one could have done it better
the dems are the 20/20 hind sight gang but have zero plans for the future
thanks Rumsfeld


what was the repubes plans there, IQ man?
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« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2006, 11:16:18 PM »
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what was the repubes plans there, IQ man?
To open a florist shop with all the flowers the Iraqis were going to throw.

I may be mistaken here, but wasn't Rummy FIRED? How is he leaving his post as a hero and job well done?
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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2006, 11:26:09 PM »
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To open a florist shop with all the flowers the Iraqis were going to throw.

I may be mistaken here, but wasn't Rummy FIRED? How is he leaving his post as a hero and job well done?


Everyone knows that Rummy was let go for political reasons. He's a great American, a great leader and a man I admire greatly.
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« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2006, 11:28:08 PM »
Just a lousy SecDef?
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« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2006, 11:34:33 PM »
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Just a lousy SecDef?


What do you feel he should have done differently? It's okay, you can use hindsite and you will still be wrong.
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« Reply #23 on: December 16, 2006, 11:37:26 PM »
did you mean to type "hindsight"?

(because "hindsite" is wrong)
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« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2006, 12:05:04 AM »
maybe he means liberal's hinds are so big they could be considered construction sites.
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« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2006, 12:45:37 AM »
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What do you feel he should have done differently? It's okay, you can use hindsite and you will still be wrong.



In hindsight Rummy should have listened to the foresight of his generals...hell of Bush Sr...of many denzians of this BBS.  

You're trying to paint a picture of how everyone was surprised that the occupation of Iraq turned to crap, and then after the shock of Iraq turning to crap started taking Rummy to tasked.  The only people it surprised seems to the Bush administration and their supporters.

But Rummy thought that he knew better than history, knew better than his generals, new better than Bush Sr and everyone else and decided to do the war on the cheap.

The only think hindsight does, is bear out that they were right and he was wrong.  And let me tell you, when I **** up at job I get in trouble.  When I **** up a job a company might lose some money.  When Rummy ****ed up, it cost the lives of tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people.  And did incredible damage to long term western security, vis a vis destabilization of the middle-east and one of the few secular countries there.


Was getting rid of Rumsfeld political?  Yep, and the reason it was politically expedient to get rid of him was because most Americans realized what a **** up he was as Secretary of Defense.
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« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2006, 12:57:43 AM »
Yeah, that about sums it up.
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« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2006, 03:03:04 AM »
Yeah but he was a master at "beaurocratic infighting". Who could've forseen that a master beaurocratic infighter (asskissing+backstabbing) wouldn't make a supreme general of generals.
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« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2006, 04:31:41 PM »
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Everyone knows that Rummy was let go for political reasons. He's a great American, a great leader and a man I admire greatly.


Hmmm....let's compare Powell and Rummy...

Powell

Awards and decorations

[edit] Badges
Expert Infantryman Badge
Combat Infantryman Badge
Ranger Tab
Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Air Assault Badge
Presidential Service Badge
Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

[edit] Medals and ribbons
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Distinguished Service Medal, Army (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force
Distinguished Service Medal, Navy
Distinguished Service Medal, Coast Guard
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Soldier's Medal
Bronze Star Medal (with "V" Device)
Purple Heart
Air Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (order of precedence, if worn)
Presidential Citizens Medal (order of precedence, if worn)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Vietnam Service Medal (with 1 Silver Service Star)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon (with numeral 3)


Rummy

Rumsfeld became an Eagle Scout in 1949, and is the recipient of both the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.[2] and their Silver Buffalo Award in 2006.

Although he did help with this, and for that deserves our unwavering gratitude..

FCC's High Definition Television Advisory Committee (1992 - 1993);

What they have in common....they were both let go for political reasons....
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« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2006, 04:36:33 PM »
got next to a bottle of hooch, eh Stringer?

I think Powel is a great man too.
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