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| Iraq |
| Rumsfeld: ’I Don’t Do Diplomacy’ |
| 2003-04-30 |
| Take great pride in your remarkable accomplishments, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told coalition troops in Baghdad Wednesday. He thanked the troops for their courage, their dedication to duty and for "stepping up to serve your country." He told coalition forces: "You've rescued a nation, you've liberated a people, you've deposed a cruel dictator, and you have ended his threat to free nations." Rumsfeld said big challenges remain as the U.S. tries to "find and deal with" the remnants of Saddam's regime. "We have to help provide conditions of stability and security so that the Iraqi people can form an interim government and then ultimately a free Iraqi government, based on political freedom, individual liberty and the rule of law." Taking questions from the U.S. troops, Rumsfeld said he didn't know if Iraq is currently a member of OPEC. "I suspect they're not," he said, adding, "I shouldn't get into this. This is diplomacy, and I don't do diplomacy. You may have noticed." I like your brand of diplomacy just fine. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Rumsfeld has never worked at Halliburton. You must be thinking of Cheney. Just because liberals tend to have worked as government leeches and ambulance chasers does not mean that all elected officials should come from their ranks. Conflict of interest? Just think of the conflict of interest inherent in politicians buying votes by establishing huge social programs with taxpayer dollars. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-04-30 16:33:42 |
| #4 Didn't von Clausewitz say that war was diplomacy by other means? If that's the case, Rummy is a top-flight diplomat in my book. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-04-30 16:25:43 |
| #3 As a reformed liberal, I was initially skeptical of Rummy due to his Halliburton connections but I think at this point in time he's the best man for the job and America is lucky to have him. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-04-30 15:45:27 |
| #2 I never really warmed up to Rummy, but I have to admit; I like his reality checks! |
| Posted by: George 2003-04-30 15:39:47 |
| #1 Yes Rummy, we noticed that |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-04-30 15:26:05 |