Comments on: Speaker Speaking? http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-12630 Jimmy the Dhimmi Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:33:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/#comment-12630 It wasn't stated publically, I saw it discussed on a PBS documentary called "Rumsfeld's War." The Pentagon planned for things like massive refugee flows, famine, and a possible Kurdish separatist movement from Turkey, but when it became clear that those things were not going to happen, they hoped to start drawing down troops in the summer and fall of 2003. It wasn’t stated publically, I saw it discussed on a PBS documentary called “Rumsfeld’s War.” The Pentagon planned for things like massive refugee flows, famine, and a possible Kurdish separatist movement from Turkey, but when it became clear that those things were not going to happen, they hoped to start drawing down troops in the summer and fall of 2003.

]]> By: JP http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-12476 JP Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:57:58 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/#comment-12476 I thought Newt was a conservative? Are we shifted around that much that he now looks liberal? I thought Newt was a conservative? Are we shifted around that much that he now looks liberal?

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-12361 Justin Gardner Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:17:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/#comment-12361 <blockquote>The problem was that Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs actually agreed with Newt and wanted to leave the country 30 days after “Mission Accomplished.�</blockquote> What? Where was this stated publicly? Leave the country without securing the peace? Again, it wasn't inevitable that we failed. But because of our gross lack of planning over there, we have failed. Still, I want to see where Rumsfeld said this. Please provide proof.

The problem was that Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs actually agreed with Newt and wanted to leave the country 30 days after “Mission Accomplished.�

What? Where was this stated publicly? Leave the country without securing the peace?

Again, it wasn’t inevitable that we failed. But because of our gross lack of planning over there, we have failed.

Still, I want to see where Rumsfeld said this. Please provide proof.

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-12324 Jimmy the Dhimmi Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:24:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/04/11/speaker-speaking/#comment-12324 The problem was that Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs actually agreed with Newt and wanted to leave the country 30 days after "Mission Accomplished." Not enough troops and equipment were deployed to occupy the country, rioting and terrorism ensued, and for every step we took towards the airport, we had to turn around and take two steps back to retaliate against people shooting at us. Eventually we got stuck there and had to knuckle-down. The problem was that Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs actually agreed with Newt and wanted to leave the country 30 days after “Mission Accomplished.” Not enough troops and equipment were deployed to occupy the country, rioting and terrorism ensued, and for every step we took towards the airport, we had to turn around and take two steps back to retaliate against people shooting at us. Eventually we got stuck there and had to knuckle-down.

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