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To: tejek who wrote (238632)	6/23/2005 12:42:13 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1572377

Without mentioning Hagel by name, Rumsfeld said, "Timing in war is never predictable. There are no guarantees. And any who say that we've lost this war or that we're losing this war are wrong. We are not." Shades of Westmoreland...I guess we don't expect these guys to be precise, but at least they shouldn't miss their projections by a couple of light years. Cheney and this guy promised "swift" victories, shock and awe, and other bombast like that...i remember something about a few weeks, flowers and parades, and such like non sense. Al

To: tejek who wrote (238632)	6/23/2005 12:45:27 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572377

Here you go....based on history it would be prudent to assume that it's worse than he says. Al ============================== Top Commander Says Insurgency Still Strong By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 5 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The top American military commander in the Persian Gulf disputed a contention by Vice President Dick Cheney that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes" and told Congress on Thursday its strength was basically undiminished from six months ago. Furthermore, Gen. John Abizaid told the Senate Armed Services Committee, "I believe there are more foreign fighters coming into Iraq than there were six months ago." His testimony came as the nation's top defense leaders rejected calls by some lawmakers for the Bush administration to set a timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. "That would be a mistake," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the committtee. In a CNN interview last month, Cheney said: "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the committee's senior Democrat, asked Abizaid if he realized he was contradicting Cheney. "I don't know that I would make any comment about that other than to say there's a lot of work to be done," said Abizaid. "I gave you my opinion." Levin and other congressional Democrats — and some Republicans as well — have criticized administration officials for painting an unrealistically rosy picture of the situation in Iraq. For his part, Rumsfeld sought to explain what Cheney meant. Between now and when an Iraqi constitution is drafted and voted on later this year, "They may very well be in their last throes by their own view cause they recognize how important it will be if the lose," he said. Of Cheney's words specifically, Rumsfeld added: "While I didn't use them and I might not use them, I think it's understandable that we can expect that kind of a response from the enemy." Rumsfeld engaged in contentious exchanges with committee Democrats. "Isn't it time for you to resign?" Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., asked the defense secretary, citing what he called "gross errors and mistakes" in the U.S. military campaign in Iraq. "I've offered my resignation to the president twice," Rumsfeld shot back, saying that President Bush had decided not to accept it. "That's his call," he said.