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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (382664)	3/31/2003 10:27:52 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The American left embraces EVIL, and makes an ally of it...

To: Bill who wrote (382664)	3/31/2003 10:29:53 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I think you are judging the Iraqi's unfairly. There was obviously a domestic dispute that the husband won. One needs to appreciate the cultural differences of other people and not judge them too harshly. "She should stay at home and get on with her spinning, she should not go out often, she must not be well-informed, nor must she be communicative with her neighbours and only visit them when absolutely necessary; she should take care of her husband and respect him in his presence and his absence and seek to satisfy him in everything; she must not cheat on him nor extort money from him; she must not leave her house without his permission and if given his permission she must leave surreptitiously. She should put on old clothes and take deserted streets and alleys, avoid markets, and make sure that a stranger does not hear her voice or recognize her; she must not speak to a friend of her husband even in need. . ." hinduunity.org

To: Bill who wrote (382664)	3/31/2003 10:34:39 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Now that the war is not going according to plan, Rumsfeld wants to pretend he had little to do with it. ChickenHawks never change their feathers. nytimes.com Rumsfeld: "It's been described as an excellent plan. I'd be delighted to take credit for it, but it wouldn't be fair, because it's a product that is essentially General Franks's, but it certainly is the result of a lot of thought from a lot of very fine military planners." Mr. Rumsfeld's comments, however, diminished what top military officers and even members of his inner circle described as the defense secretary's central role in shaping the war plan, rejecting the initial plan and pressing for a campaign that would be quicker, using fewer forces. Rumsfeld has insisted all along that the war be fought on his timetable using his stupid assumptions. washingtonpost.com "There is a nearly universal feeling among the officer corps that the inner circle is closed, not tolerant of ideas it doesn't already share, and determined to impose its ideas, regardless of military doubts," said Loren B. Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute who has close ties to defense contractors and the military. "All of the bad blood of last year is coming back in a very big way," said one former Pentagon official. usatoday.com At the core of their dispute: Rumsfeld's push to transform the military into a more mobile force that emphasizes high-tech weaponry over traditional foot soldiers. The Army, with 480,000 active soldiers, fears a diminished role. "The Bush team at the Pentagon seems to be looking for excuses to cut land forces," a military expert close to Rumsfeld says. Rumsfeld lies to protect himself, not others. TP