Rumsfeld’s Office Attacks White House in Continued War of Words

Typical of Gibbs to make a bad situation worse with his smart mouth! He’s a perfect spokesman for the Obama administration — arrogant, snarky and condescending…and WRONG.

Afghanistan was most definitely not properly resourced. The presdient himself, at hte time, bush was OBSESSED with Iraq. The entire Bush administration forgot about Afghanistan nearly as soon as the boots his the ground in afghanistan. They began planning the Iraq War within the month of entering Afghanistan. Interesting considering they didn’t even have a shred of evidence of any wrong doing. The whole thing was an opportunist scheme. Bush never meant to get bin Laden – the Bush’s are too tight with the Bin Laden family. Bush never meant to really win afghanistan, he just wanted to make a statement nad then distract the country to Iraq and have us forget about afghanistan as quickly as possible. this was a time when the PERSONAL relationships ofthe president and his men were deterimental to the safety of our country.

Leave Gibbs alone people. Gibbs suffers from the same disease that Drew Barrymore suffered from in “50 First Dates”.
Except in Gibbs’s case it’s ’50 First Campaigns’ where everyday Gibbs is stuck in ‘campaign and attack’ mode. He doesn’t realize they’ve won so he never takes the high road that is expected of the administration.
Just look at his ridiculous rants against Rush Limbaugh. That is not talking the ‘high road’ folks.
Of course it could be worse… he could be stuck in ’50 Chicago Style Political Hit Jobs” mode like Rahm.

Rumsfeld, like Cheney, should feel extrememly lucky they were not indicted for war crimes. Perhaps they should both keep their corrupt mouths shut…

Belive me, I’m no fan of Cheney and Rumsfeld-they’ve made plenty of mistakes, and they are way too cozy with the Israelis, Saudis and other corrupt ME regimes for me…like our current bowing President who stood in front of AIPAC last yr and said ‘we will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon’.
Yeah, right.And what are you going to DO about it, Mr. President?

Obama to General Petraus..The Iraq surge worked

Like OBAMA, My wife’s EX-HUSBAND bankrupted them gambling. Since I married her One-Year-ago, I can no longer blame EX-HUSBAND nor Her for their bankruptcy. I, like Obama, must blame MYSELF for causing that bankruptcy since I’m the new husband, RIGHT??
.
That’s what people are constantly trying to get u to understand Prez O.

Rumsfeld is a liar, war criminal and traitor to the U.S.
Who the HELL gives a damn what this historical loser has to say? Why hasn’t this liar been prosecuted?

Rumsfield should be in jail….How dare he? I’m so tired of the attack on Pres. Obama….Why do you think this president has so much on his plate? Because of the failure of Rumsfield, Cheney and Bush. If they had done their job we would have the situations we have now!

“They had authorization from Congress and legal opinions from the AG, signed off by the President for every single action they took.”
Agree.
Jim, why do insist on calling them war criminals? That is Alinsky style defamation of character and parrot repetition of the left wing talking points from a few years ago.
The minute Obama became president, all current issues, problems and perks became his. He loves the perks but is not so inclined to take on the issues and problems without blaming others.
Obama is the president now. He and his staff (I’m calling you out, Robert Gibbs and Desiree Rogers) need to start acting like it.

“”"”"both Iraq and Afghanistan will eventually have their civil wars, so we might as well clear out now and let them sort it out.”"”"”
Posted by: Bruce
Nice crystal ball you must have there. So tell us, when will the “big one” hit California?

Rumsfield and bush and co. just can’t admit they screwed up whatever the reall finger pointing should be at the worthless SOB Cheney

I do beleive that rumsfeld should be under indictment by now, and probably would be if the administration he was aprt of had not left the nation in such a shambles. Torture, illegal prisons, lies to start a war for starters – rumsfeld owes the US and the world a heartfelt appology just befor he commits ritual suicide on network tv.

One prime example where Afhgan was underresouced was when OBL was trapped, the CIA man on the ground needed and requested 500 special forces troops to capture or kill him and Rumsfeld denied him the troops. Somebody has to ask him why.

We tried shock and awe in Iraq because it had some chance of working – so we had something of a duty to try before committing troops. We believed we could do more with fewer troops. This is something worth trying to see if it will work before committing more troops. If we need more the decision has to be made and followed and I can understand those who feel that the decision wasn’t made or followed when it should have been. But it does seem to me that if you have a reasonable chance of achieving the goal with a more limited commitment it is worth finding out before having to commit more. So I think all the second-guessers (most of whom would have opposed the increases) need to reflect on this before simply saying that it was wrong.

obama should be in prison. he is NOT a natural Born Citizen. Father was NEVER a US Citizen. if all you fools believe it takes 1 US citizen parent then that is like saying Osama can get a female US citizen pregant and have a kid then that kid can be president?

GALLUP: OBAMA HITS NEW LOW AT 47%……

Rumsfeld should have attacked Osama instead of now attacking Obama….

Donald Rumsfeld’s war policy and decisions let Osama Bin Laden escape. In most countries and most places, people would call that treason.

Careful Oliver, Teddy Kennedy could never keep the two straight.

Obama the War President.
How’s he gonna explain that while swooping in to pick up his Nobel PC Prize?
Heck how does Obama explain not having the guts to stand up for the Iranian Protesters?

There is a difference betwee being a citizen and being a “natural born” citizen. The constitution of the US makes a distinction. Being a citizen alone does not qualify you. You must be a “natural born” citizen. Prior to Mr. Obama, that usually meant born in the United States of two citizen parents. That is cleary not the case with Mr. Obama.

Like children, the Obama administration keeps taunting and smearing the previous administration.
Obama and company have been recklessly relying on the previous administration’s good will and restraint.
They don’t know what to do when Cheney and Rumsfeld actually defend themselves against the taunt, smears and lies.
Gibbs proves himself to be the perfect mouthpiece for this bunch of adolescent flotsam and jetsam.

ABC, did you know that during the first week of December, the former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich’s attorneys’ office was broken into?
Of all the law offices in Chicago, why was this particular law office burglarized?
Who might be concerned with the information contained in the Governor’s court case?
The ex-governor has mentioned the President’s Chief-of-Staff, Rahm Emanuel, in past interviews.
Could it be that some testimony incriminates the White House Chief-of-Staff or perhaps the President himself?
The last time a political break-in occured there was a great deal of interest.
Is it possible that the media is afraid of where the trail might lead, like to being mailed a dead fish or worse?

Rumsfeld should have attacked Osama instead of now attacking Obama….
Posted by: Oliver Stone | Dec 7, 2009 3:20:59 PM
hahahahahaha! I’ve always liked you, Oliver. I agree!
_____________________________
Oops! Missed our real target – let’s attack the President of our own country!

The right wing crying wolf once again. If they ever say anything truthful or worthwhile no one will believe it.

Rumsfeld has a valid point.
_________________________________
Rumsfeld was removed from his duties as Secretary of Defense. Rumsfeld was either lying or wrong when he said he knew not only that weapons of mass destruction existed, but also where they were. Rumsfeld misguessed how ‘easy’ it would be to take and hold Iraq.
Rumsfeld has not answered Gibbs challenge to speak about whether the Afghanistan campaign was well enough resourced.

Looky here, now, Rummy. You go to war with the facts you have. What is with you Republicans? You bail on the President in the middle of a war; Palin bails on elected office in the middle of a book writing; next thing you know, Tom Coburn will be bailing on his buddy, Ensign, in the middle of an affair.

This is exactly why liberals get chastized for their lack of being able to stay on topic. Get your facts right before opening your mouth…. unless were talking about Bill Clinton…..who gladly accepts people opening their mouth…….but thats for you all….not us moderates.
Posted by: Doug | Dec 7, 2009 5:08:26 PM
Can you point to the exact quote where he explains whether or not Afghanistan was underresourced or not and his rebuttal to those, besides the President, who clearly think it was– because they were there and muddling through.
Hell, you don’t even have to get a quote from Rumsfeld. Gates himself said it this weekend, along side “I can’t stand to work for Obama” Clinton.

“Rumsfeld was not removed.”
Resigned so as not to be fired is not exactly something to be proud of.
Rumsfeld resigned right after the election of 2006 when the GOP lost.
During 2006, quite a few retired generals called for Rumsfeld to resign.
Many more Generals and officers wanted to speak out but feared retribution from the vengeance minded Bush WH.
Oh and while Bush accepted Rumsfeld’s resignation, his resignation letter was held by the Pentagon until 9 months after the fact.

Another one of the Bush administration criminal who should be locked up. He and Cheney both have some nerves to try and attack anything Obama does. He’s should be charged with war crimes and then some. They brought nothing but disrespect too our Nation, and should be held accountable for all their crimes.

Rummy had six years of putting DoD on a business footing (budgeting) while meeting a threat largely ignored by the Clinton administration, the FBI, CIA and law enforcement.
The Democratic party owes its virtual Obama presidency to a viral response to a political simulation: “change”. Like the Soviet Union the Dems will simply evaporate when the same viral electorate is confronted by the hard realities of a strategic threat that is not going away for a very long time.
Rummy identified and met that global threat head on.

Former Secretary of Defense Rumsfield should take a hike out to a pasture and retire with the rest of the Dr. Strangelove personnel from the previous Administration. More damage has been done to our nation by the previous Administration in eight years that will take years if not a decade to win back the confidence and reputation that the United States once had. I wish the Obama Administration would investigate the people behind the lies regarding WMD in Iraq and send these scumbags to the Hague on charges of war crimes and human rights violations.

Forget asking Rumsfeld about sourcing for Afghanistan.
Instead, ask him about sourcing Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war: The US agricultural credits … the precursor chemicals for mustard gas (and for more exotic chemical weapons) … passing him classified satellite imagery so that Saddam could USE those weapons.
Why ask Rumsfeld? He was the lead US representative to Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war.
(Ever seen the photo of those two guys shaking hands in 1980? Big smiles on both of them.)
Oh well. I suppose, you live with the history you have, not with the history you want