Opinion of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

[Frodo]

This might elicit more responses.....

[Speed of Sound]

Horrible, simply horrible. Off-topic, I found this hilarious cartoon.

[MODU]

I will probably be one of the few "yes" votes for old Donald, so I'll take the first punches.  Don has done a good job of trying to modernize our military, not in just weapons, but also in business practices.  There has been a much greater push to develop weapons using off-the-shelf items rather than having to reinvent the wheel each time a system is requested.  Additionally, movement to reduce layers between top brass and contractors have also been implemented to speed up time between concept, to bid, to awarding of contracts, reducing costs on both ends.  This is on top of the shift from the conventional cold-war framework to a more rapid-response, localized combat forces.  While all the changes at once has created pressure and resistance in some parts of the military and contractors, the changes were needed, and the end result will be a much more efficient system.

[Jake]

His piss poor administration of the Iraq War eliminates anything positive he's done. He should remain in office so as to not give the Democrats a victory however.

[YRABNNRM]

No (sane).

[© tweed]

His piss poor administration of the Iraq War eliminates anything positive he's done. He should remain in office so as to not give the Democrats a victory however.

"Not giving the Democrats a victory" is a more important priority than being successful in Iraq?

[WalterMitty]

yes (r)

[MaC]

One of the worst people in the current administration.

[Bdub]

I dont think he's done a very good job.

[WalterMitty]

One of the worst people in the current administration.

ever heard of mike chertoff?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

He should be fired. From a cannon.

[Nym90]

"We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead."

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

My opinion of him is negative. The preperation for and management of the war leaves much to be desired.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Horrible Person... oh, it's not one of those polls... well, "no" then.

[Republican Michigander]

No. I'd rather have Tommy Franks there.

[WMS]

Incompetent. I can't believe Cheney Bush won't get rid of him. "Just a few dead-enders"

[Smash255]

He is an f tard in an administration full of f tards so he fits right in.  I would love for him to resign, but my only fear is Bush would find someone even more incompetent to take his place, which is hard to accomplish, but afterall Bush is good at finding bozos who are even more incompetent than the incompetent bozos that came before them Brown or Chertoff anyone??

[Mr. Paleoconservative]

No. I'd rather have Tommy Franks there.

Very good idea.

[Gabu]

The assertion "Donald Rumsfeld sucks at his job" seems to be quite a unifying thing on this board.

As for me, I think that Donald Rumsfeld should have his head slammed in a car door until he decides to actually be good at his job.  I could write a strategy by opening Notepad and then taking out a hammer and smashing my keyboard, and it would still be a better strategy than whatever Rumsfeld would come up with.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

No. I'd rather have Tommy Franks there.

Very good idea.

Mr. Franks is ineligible for the post at this time.  By law [10 U.S.C. 113(a)], the Secretary of Defense cannot have been an active duty officer in the Armed Forces during the ten years previous to taking office.  So you'll have to come up with someone else to replace McNamara II.

[Democratic Hawk]

A thoroughly incompetent person

Dave

[afleitch]

A thoroughly incompetent person

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

He also sounds like Bush Sr for some reason.