DON RUMSFELD in GQ

This has been sitting around as a draft for a couple weeks until I calmed down enough to say something that wasnt just a string of 4 letter words but it doesnt look like that will happen so I leave the reading of it as an exercise

OFF THE RECORD WITH DON RUMSFELD: GQ Features on men.style.com

ACC orders commandwide standdown

Should I be feeling vaguely uncomfortable about this or is it just a "normal" reaction to a colossal fuck up? Call me paranoid, but I will be very alert on Friday.

Thoughts on the 'NYT' Op-Ed by Actual Soldiers

By now, everyone that pays attention knows that two of Seven Soldiers Who Wrote 'NYT' Op-Ed have died in Iraq. That would be tragic enough except that you also get morons like Dave Rye adding their steaming bit of stupid to the pile.

Remind me again how Republicans support the troops?

My Senator

I am just so proud to be living in Connecticut and know that I have the honour of having one of the most delusional folks currently in the Senate as my very own. Today, the illustrious Sen J. Lieberman thought that the most important thing to ask Gen Petraeus was if he wanted the authority to pursue bad guys into Iran.

How the hell did anyone vote for this moron?

Congressman Robert Wexler, 19th District of Florida

From Crooks and Liars via The Young Turks

This is what a leader looks like when someone is feeding him a line of bullshit.

Go say something nice to him

Rudolph Guiliani - Shameless Asshole

Imagine my shock when I tried to link to Rudy's website today and instead only get this .

I know that I shouldn't be surprised at anything this fool does but holy shit this takes balls.
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Guiliani's Foreign Policy Advisor's Take

Oh yes, I really want this guy advising a president if this lunacy is the kind of that is in his fevered brain.

It is impossible at this point to predict how and when the battle of Iraq will end. But from the vitriolic debates it has unleashed we can already say for certain that the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did not do to the Vietnam syndrome what Pearl Harbor did to the old isolationism. The Vietnam syndrome is back and it means to have its way. But is it strong enough in its present incarnation to do what it did to the honor of this country in 1975? Well acquainted though I am with its malignant power, I still believe that it will ultimately be overcome by the forces opposed to it in the war at home. Even so, I cannot deny that this question still hangs ominously in the air and will not be answered before more damage is done to the long struggle against Islamofascism into which we were blasted six years ago and that I persist in calling World War IV.

I was going to include a link to the press release announcing the connection with Rudy but well .. see this post