Rumsfeld likens US war policy critics to WWII Nazi appeasers : Shouldn't he be fired for this demagogic stmt?

Question

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BUSH PLANS to launch another PR campaign in an effort to garner support for the Iraq war. Rumsfeld likened critics of U.S. war policies to those who tried to appease the Nazis. Attacks in Iraq left 52 people dead.

note bene One must remember Rumsfeld is a valued member of a team under Cheney/Bush43 who has layered mistakes on top of lies and keeps adding more mistakes to "the cake of demagogery."
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I wish Rumsfeld was a moron, but the fact is he isn't.

And calling someone an appeaser of the enemy makes the case for our war policy? Since when does insults and demagogery makes more people your supporter. Yes in unity there is strength, but is this a unifying statement. Not in my book as a as eeker of truth and justice!

acid tongue, apparently, looking at the 4 downgrades to my Q and at the vituperative content of many answerers, Rumsfeld is not alone in not liking to hear the truth.

Rumsfeld thinks killing people who are innocent will make them our friends. That is a jackass's idea which fits Rumsfeld's persona perfectly! Hence the term jackass works for me. TWH 08312006

Answer 1

As long as Bush keeps Rumsfeld and Cheney around, it weakens the Republicans.

Answer 2

It is actually disgusting what these appeasers are attempting to accomplish. They accomplished their goals during the Vet Nam war, by taking victory away. A victory that was imminent. Then disparaging the military when they returned home.

They manufacture so many discrediting remarks, then repeat them often enough to convince those of weak character, these comments are true. When anyone keeping up with events knows what is taking place, as well as what has taken place in the past.

Having been present when the appeasers were active during ww2, it is very obvious we are seeing an exact repeat of those events. Yet these same appeasers remain blind to the facts facing our civilization in the present. They are more content to criticize individuals and attempt to misdirect the war effort. Oblivious to the damage they are actually doing to others and their own country.

Answer 3

They all should be ran out of the Capital , better yet, tarred and feathered! The war is for domination , power, oil and profiteering, big time.

Halliburton merged with The Carlyle Group. KBR (formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root) is one of The Carlyle holdings.
Since the Bush Administration has been in office Carlyle has been/are in control of the White House.

At one time The Bin Laden family was involved with The Carlyle Group, they may still be involved with them regarding the banks that the Carlyle Group has large holdings in Afghanistan. Handy for Bin Laden

George Bush Senior was one of the VIPs with The Carlyle Group and many of our Senate and Congressional Members are also either serving as board members or have holdings with them, in fact if you research them you will find that they have acquired some if not all of our Medi-Care, Calipers, and are making most of the weapons that are going to Iraq, also furnishing the food for the Military, Hospital Supplies, Vehicles, and construction.

They have acquisitions in over 50 other Countries.
Rumsfield has joined forces with them, Chevron is connected to them. This is why our deficit is growing and the war in Iraq is not over, and are in danger of a nuclear confrontation with Iran.

This Administration is all about The Carlyle Group and they are all about War and Profit. We aren't Nazis, unless we are supporting the Bush Administration.

ps. Listening to Iraq vets this a.m. Haliburton supplies their vehicles, when an engine goes out, the whole vehicle is scrapped and a new one is purchased by who? Haliburton!

Answer 4

Simple, Nazi Germany was a war machine moving across Europe with 1939 equivalent of weapons of mass destruction. It turns out Iraq didn't have any WMD. So the two don't compare and he should be sacked for his manipulative comments. The reason to invade Iraq was WMD, US should be apologizing for the screw up and get out of the country. We should be more worried about the expanding networks of Islamic fundamentalist terror sleeper cells across Europe and US and clamping down hard on preachers of hate against the west, who live in the west, mostly on state support (talk about take the biscuit). Staying in Iraq just puts petrol on the fire. Resources, time and money would be better spent seeking out and closing these schools of terror which indoctrinate children from a very early age with hate for the west. If there is any comparison with WWII its at this level and is exactly what Hitler did with "Hitlers Youth". Cut off food from the root and the weed will wither. Cut the stem and it will always grow back. The Bush administrators act like crusaders, no wonder the fundamentalist call for Jihad. If Iraq landed its army in the US, telling me they were saving me from a Bush dictatorship, I'd be the first to go to arms to defend my country, so what would you do as an iraqi with US troops on your shores? Its one big screw up

Answer 5

NO! I think He should be the next president because what he says is the truth, The Democrat have nothing to offer except cut and run just like we did in Vietnam and LBJ was president and a Democrat so if you looks at the protesters of Vietnam war they are the Democrat now saying we need to leave Iraq and if we do then Terrorist will attack LA or NY again. Those people are real nuts there.

Answer 6

He should not be fired for that statement for three reasons:

1. He has said and done worse and should be fired for those reasons first.

2. There is some truth to this particular statement. Chamberlain appeased, apologized and schmoozed his country into a world war. We (obviously) do not want this to happen again.

3. Politicians on both sides of the political fence have said much worse in the past. Demagoguery comes with the territory; if we fire Rummy for demagogic statements, we would need to fire them all. (Come to think of it, not a bad idea.)

Answer 7

Rumsfeld should have been fired for more serious offenses than this. But in the defense of this particular statement , how can the US prevail if its citizens don't support it? Another thing , why are you not angry with the Islamic terror groups which are the ones setting the bombs to kill all these people. The terrorist have more support from the Liberal party than the President.. How can the US prevail under these circumstances?

Answer 8

Good ol' Rummy is merely stating it as it is. The enemy knows it is true. Bin Ladin is on record saying that they have but to wait for the Americans to lose their resolve as we did in Viet Nam. He is counting on schmucks like you to convince us to pull out and 'negotiate'.
Fortunately, considering the anemic state of the anti-war movement, most Americans are alot smarter than you.
Islam does pose a greater threat to the world than the nazis did and they will be defeated as the nazis were. The appeasers of ww2 are forgotten by history as you and your kind will be.

Answer 9

I believe the US needs to change the strategy of the war to get better results. Rumsfeld should resign because of the poor planning he permitted to carry this country into a quagmire. The valiant efforts of the service people need to be rewarded with better planning and results. Being involved is one thing but ignoring reality is another. The democrats are wrong in trying to appease the terrorist. Like Hitler the only respect you get from them is by kicking their butts.

Answer 10

Rumsfeld and this entire administration is why im not joining the military, they are full of ****, give me a break your an idiot if you say we must stay to win and all that crap, we took sadamm out the war is over, we attacked their country really for nothing, no WMDs no link to aikada or what ever they call themselves no link to 9-11 nothing, we didnt even get oil over this crap ... hell this country was founded on taking people land owning slaves sticking the japanese in camps please, we funded sadaamm,

Rumsfeld is a jackass and if he were to back up all these people who support who dumb *** would have their head in his *** as they follow him around at his word kissing his ***, the reality is even republicans want him out..to say i appeal to hitler is retarded sadamm/iran all of them over there dont make up for the killings i ROWANDA and in the sudan please

now he is going to try and convince me that we must bomb iran pretty soon, does anyone know how far radiation travels last time i checked there was only 500 miles difference between isreal/iraq/and even iran, its very close area, if a bomb were to drop even if isreal bombed them with one they would kill themselves as well...

rumsfeld is an idiot i think hes kept in his position because bush is an idiot as well and rumsfeld makes these retraded speaches in a timely manner while bush is tying to lie about the katrina disater... get this administration out of office and lets bring our kids back now, we cant afford to loose any more troops and spend billionsmore its their land and their damm oil ooh rumsfeld said the oil would pay for the war.. no he lied halliburton gets rich and we pay more for the oil while we turn our back on the real hitlers like in rowanda....he a jackass/

Answer 11

that opinion you are asking about I, myself, have heard others raise in coffee talk around town. But try to fair, Neapolitan Bonaparte, Hannibal and Gingus Kan are referenced in military(war) conversation. History happens, try to keep a cool head and a Thinking/Reasoning mind.