Thursday, February 19, 2004
Rummy: Later or Now?
Mr. Sjostrom recounts on his blog:"In his autobiography with his wife Rose, Two Lucky People: Memoirs, Milton Friedman remarked that the biggest mistake Ronald Reagan made was selecting George Bush as his running mate rather than Donald Rumsfeld."
Yes, so that means there would have been a likely chance of Donald Rumsfeld being president in the early 1990s. However, I contend that he is more valuable right now during the war on terror as SecDef than he would have been as President. Sure, Saddam would probably have been removed in 1991, since Rumsfeld wouldn't have listend to Powell then (he doesn't now, does he?), but there is more to the world than Iraq. The military performed admirably in Afghanistan, and the DOD has been taking a leading role in conducting intelligence gathering in the battle against international terrorism, supplanting the random and feckless DOS in many roles.
I'm glad to have Rumsfeld as SecDef right now. Hopefully Bush is reelected so that Rumsfeld may serve honorably for four more years.
Yes, so that means there would have been a likely chance of Donald Rumsfeld being president in the early 1990s. However, I contend that he is more valuable right now during the war on terror as SecDef than he would have been as President. Sure, Saddam would probably have been removed in 1991, since Rumsfeld wouldn't have listend to Powell then (he doesn't now, does he?), but there is more to the world than Iraq. The military performed admirably in Afghanistan, and the DOD has been taking a leading role in conducting intelligence gathering in the battle against international terrorism, supplanting the random and feckless DOS in many roles.
I'm glad to have Rumsfeld as SecDef right now. Hopefully Bush is reelected so that Rumsfeld may serve honorably for four more years.
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