Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Rumsfeld is Awesome
I agree with Jay Nordlinger's Impormptus on Rumsfeld:
He's just so awesome. We need more people like him willing to shoot straight and perform their jobs skillfully and confidently, as well as push to improve America's security and the standing of freedom in the world.
Just when I think I like Donald Rumsfeld a little too much — that I've gone a little bit overboard — something occurs that makes me think, "No, actually — I may have undervalued him."
One of the beautiful things about him is that he refers to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as "the so-called occupied territories." (For all I know, he uses "Judea" and "Samaria" when doors are closed!) But I'm thinking now about something else. At the recent conference in Munich, Rumsfeld was asked why the United States doesn't make a fuss about Israeli nuclear weapons. We're supposed to be against nukes, right? Why don't we go after Israel?
Replied the secretary of defense: "You know the answer by yourself, and the whole world knows the answer. Israel is a small country with a small population. It is a democracy, but exists among neighbors who want to see her in the sea. Israel has made it clear that she does not want to be in the sea, and as a result, over several decades, has organized in such a manner as not to be thrown into the sea."
Savor it now, ladies and gents, for we will probably never — ever — see the likes of this fellow, in an office this key, again.
He's just so awesome. We need more people like him willing to shoot straight and perform their jobs skillfully and confidently, as well as push to improve America's security and the standing of freedom in the world.
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