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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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And in other news....
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/08/haditha/index_np.html
George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld
The former president's secret campaign to oust the secretary of defense was rebuffed by President Bush, a source says.
By Sidney Blumenthal
Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. When seven retired generals who had been commanders in Iraq demanded Rumsfeld's resignation in April, the younger Bush leapt to his defense. "I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain," he said. His endorsement of Rumsfeld was a rebuke not only to the generals but also to his father.
The elder Bush's intervention was an extraordinary attempt to rescue simultaneously his son, the family legacy and the country. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Dubya has a lot of difficulty in admitting a mistake. A shame. |
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