Rum & Rice start in on each other

[katty]

cont'd:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040502269_pf.html
Rumsfeld Challenges Rice on 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq

By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 6, 2006; A21

excerpt:

On a trip to Britain, Rice told reporters Friday that "I know we've made tactical errors, thousands of them I'm sure," but that the strategic decisions will be the ones historians judge.

When asked about the comment the next day, Rice said she "wasn't sitting around counting" U.S. tactical errors and instead meant her remark figuratively. "The point I was making . . . is that, of course, if you've ever made decisions, you've undoubtedly made mistakes in the decisions that you've made, but that the important thing is to get the big strategic decisions right and that I am confident that the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein and give the Iraqi people an opportunity for peace and democracy is the right decision."

In the radio interview, Hennen said Rice had "figuratively suggested recently we've made thousands of tactical errors" and "also suggested that the important test was making the right strategic decisions and that would be the test of history."

Hennen asked Rumsfeld: "Do you agree with that? Have we made thousands of tactical errors? And does that concern you?"

Rumsfeld replied: "I don't know what she was talking about, to be perfectly honest."

Rumsfeld pointed to the nature of the Iraq war -- unpredictable from the start -- as the reason the United States has had to change tactics over the past three years.

[muntrv]

1. Bush vs Cheney slugfest

would be the ratings winner.

[katty]

4. America's Bungling Imperialists: Next on Fox!

[Duer 157099]

2. Rum and Rice, Libby and Bush

They are starting to eat their own.

Good.

[katty]

6. snake's head has almost met the tail

[shain from kane]

8. Rice, meet corn on the cob. With teeth like that, she wins. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Uh-Oh. A spat brewing in America's dysfunctional family?

Lighten up, Don. She's not your kitchen help, you know.

[baby_mouse]

5. We need a new Reality TV show. NT.

[saltpoint]

7. It's a gauge of their respective massive egos that when they're both

hopelessly trapped in quicksand all they can do is blame the other for what's gone wrong.

"A thousand tactical errors!"

"She's not steeped in defense!"

"He's an imperious jerk!"

"She's a no-count ho!"

--and so on.

These are both Bush appointees and both of them acting the way they do explains a lot about why Iraq is such a holy mess.

[katty]

10. my fav: "I don't know what she's talking about" - Condi will

start drawing blood now.

[saltpoint]

12. Yes. She strikes me as a person with a high self regard and a REAL

short fuse.

And I don't think these two folks liked each other that much to start with.

The claws are coming out, brothers & sisters!

(love your posts in this thread, katty... just terrific!)

[katty]

13. thx :) needed a bit of comic relief!

[marmar]

9. Cops: The NeoCon edition...

I'm picturing Condi at the door of the house now talking to the cops after breaking a bottle on Rummy's head. A drunk, handcuffed Rummy keeps yelling "You bitch, I didn't make any tactical errors" from the side of the police cruiser. Condi yells back, "You impotent old prick, you haven't a good idea since the 1970s."

[katty]

11. LOL!

[MasonJar]

14. Dotcosm, I love your mask. I saw V for Vendetta last night; it

should be required watching for all Americans. Great movie! Great message!