Wrong Again
I was reading this this morning, and it occured to me that isn't it sad that the Secretary of Defense has to spend his time rebutting Democrat attempts at undermining our military's mission and morale?
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed reports suggesting that the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting "the force is not broken."
"This armed force is enormously capable," Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. "In addition, it's battle hardened. It's not a peacetime force that has been in barracks or garrisons."
Of course it is enormously capable. Look at what they've accomplished. You'll have to look, as the MSM has chosen not to publish any reports that might be construed as positive for our American military.
Rumsfeld spoke a day after The Associated Press reported that an unreleased study conducted for the Pentagon said the Army is being overextended, thanks to the two wars, and may not be able to retain and recruit enough troops to defeat the insurgency in Iraq.
Congressional Democrats released a report Wednesday that also concluded the U.S. military is under severe stress.
Reports suggesting that the U.S. military is close to the breaking point "is just not consistent with the facts," he said.
And who are these "experts" who keep telling us that our military is not capable?
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, both members of the Clinton administration, were credited among the authors of the study that congressional Democrats released.
Clinton people. Those awe-inspiring heroes of foreign policy. It still baffles me how anyone could think that Madeleine Albright was qualified for that position. But I digress.
Rumsfeld said that "retention is up" and that recruitment levels must meet higher goals, ones raised because of the operations on the ground.
At the same time, Rumsfeld added: "There is no question if a country is in a conflict and we are in the global war on terror, it requires our forces to do something other than what they do in peacetime."
"The force is not broken," Rumsfeld said, suggesting such an implication was "almost backward."
"The world saw the United States military go halfway around the world in a matter of weeks, throw the Al Qaida and Taliban out of Afghanistan, in a landlocked country thousands and thousands of miles away. They saw what the United States military did in Iraq.
"And the message from that is not that this armed force is broken, but that this armed force is enormously capable," Rumsfeld said.
Amen. Too bad our Democrats cannot understand that...or worse, that they DO understand that and want to downplay it as much as possible. But...they support the troops, right?
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed reports suggesting that the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting "the force is not broken."
"This armed force is enormously capable," Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. "In addition, it's battle hardened. It's not a peacetime force that has been in barracks or garrisons."
Of course it is enormously capable. Look at what they've accomplished. You'll have to look, as the MSM has chosen not to publish any reports that might be construed as positive for our American military.
Rumsfeld spoke a day after The Associated Press reported that an unreleased study conducted for the Pentagon said the Army is being overextended, thanks to the two wars, and may not be able to retain and recruit enough troops to defeat the insurgency in Iraq.
Congressional Democrats released a report Wednesday that also concluded the U.S. military is under severe stress.
Reports suggesting that the U.S. military is close to the breaking point "is just not consistent with the facts," he said.
And who are these "experts" who keep telling us that our military is not capable?
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, both members of the Clinton administration, were credited among the authors of the study that congressional Democrats released.
Clinton people. Those awe-inspiring heroes of foreign policy. It still baffles me how anyone could think that Madeleine Albright was qualified for that position. But I digress.
Rumsfeld said that "retention is up" and that recruitment levels must meet higher goals, ones raised because of the operations on the ground.
At the same time, Rumsfeld added: "There is no question if a country is in a conflict and we are in the global war on terror, it requires our forces to do something other than what they do in peacetime."
"The force is not broken," Rumsfeld said, suggesting such an implication was "almost backward."
"The world saw the United States military go halfway around the world in a matter of weeks, throw the Al Qaida and Taliban out of Afghanistan, in a landlocked country thousands and thousands of miles away. They saw what the United States military did in Iraq.
"And the message from that is not that this armed force is broken, but that this armed force is enormously capable," Rumsfeld said.
Amen. Too bad our Democrats cannot understand that...or worse, that they DO understand that and want to downplay it as much as possible. But...they support the troops, right?
posted by Jennifer at 3:03 AM
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