Dowd: World of Hurt

[kskiska]

Good golly, you knew Rummy wasn't going to pretend to stay contrite for long. Not with lawmakers bugging him about the Pearl Harbor of PR, as Republican Tom Cole called it.

The flinty 71-year-old kept it together as John McCain pounced and Hillary prodded. But soon he was once more giving snippy one-word answers to his inquisitors, foisting them on his brass menagerie or biting their heads off himself.

By Friday evening, when the delegate from Guam, Madeleine Bordallo, pressed him on whether "quality of life" was an issue in the Abu Ghraib torture cases, you could see Donald-Duck steam coming out of his ears.

"Whether they have a PX or a good restaurant is not the issue," he said with a veiled sneer.

(snip)

Even if the secretary survives, the Rummy Doctrine — using underwhelming force to achieve overwhelming goals — is discredited. Jack Murtha, a Democratic hawk and Vietnam vet, says "the direction's got to be changed or it's unwinnable," and Lt. Gen. William Odom, retired, told Ted Koppel that Iraq was headed toward becoming an Al Qaeda haven and Iranian ally.

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http://nytimes.com/2004/05/09/opinion/09DOWD.html

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Things are going great!

Just like us "morons in a focus group" predicted.

[mhr]

2. Isn't That "Morans In A Focus Group"

Sorry to be picky but haven't we at DU decided that Morans is a better description for the Neocons?

Sarcasm Off/

[KissMyAsscroft]

5. Nah, I was referring to the protestors...

who Bush referred to as a "focus group"

[NJCher]

3. mediocre column

I'm surprised. She could have done far better.


Cher

[The Zanti Regent]

4. And Whoreen slaps Hillary (again)

I swear to god, I see no difference between Lynndie England and Whoreen Dowd!