Well you can't go to war with the army you don't have, since you don't have it. But that would mean you've always gone to war with the army you have, and make the statement entirely pointless. Woohoo, a nonanswer to a question, I smell a politician

Q-Why did we go to war with nothing but swiss army knives and camouflaged Schwinns from 1983?A-You go to war with the army you have.

As a biking advocate I find this offensive, and utterly hilarious.

Ahhh the Schwinn 10 speed...A mighty steed!

I can only wonder how the families who's sons and daughters have died feel when they hear rummy say shit like that.

you lefty loonies just dont get it do ya ? (note to every fellow righteously wrathful non-looney who reads this: looney and loonies are the correct spellings for both singular and plural forms)

next thing youll be trying to twist rummie's words by saying something ridiculous like no *matter* how * much* armor *you*  put on **an** egg carton, it wont make it *inde*st*ructable.*  

philomedy.  if you're so much better at  blurting out stupid responses when the press plays dirty tricks on you and makes you answer questions everyone but the slanted media wants to ignore, why arent you secretary of defense???? 

nuff said!

you lefty loonies just dont get it do ya ?

Not a lefty, not a rightie, just a vigilant light guarding against idiocy.

Reply By: kingbeePosted: Monday, December 13, 2004philomedy. if you're so much better at blurting out stupid responses when the press plays dirty tricks on you and makes you answer questions everyone but the slanted media wants to ignore, why arent you secretary of defense???? nuff said!

I see that the United States military is now the "slanted media." Interesting. And I should be Secretary of Defense. Or president. Or Grand Archduke of the Entire Fucking Planet.

Grand Archduke of the Entire Fucking Planet.

ya got my vote.  just please use sun tzu rather than rumsfeld when you decide to loose the hounds of war.  

 (both my previous posts were experiments; i wanted to see if there was some special benefit or feeling that might explain why that kinda asshat approach is so popular. turns out it felt like parody more than anything else)

(both my previous posts were experiments; i wanted to see if there was some special benefit or feeling that might explain why that kinda asshat approach is so popular. turns out it felt like parody more than anything else)

Yeah, those comments did seem rather atypical of you...I was wondering if you had had a drastic change of political heart....but I was truly hoping it was biting sarcasm, of which I am a huge fan. And thanx for the vote, every little bit helps...for that, you can have control of argentina.

truly hoping it was biting sarcasm

apparently not as obviously biting--or as obvious--as intended.

dont cry for me argentina

If you're secretary of defense than can I be your secretary...I can type pretty fast and I make a mean cup of coffee.

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apparently not as obviously biting--or as obvious--as intended.

The message got across...but there was a slight doubt in my mind...and when there is a slight doubt I have to respond...the Grand Archduke cannot lay around like a doormat on his own forum...

If you're secretary of defense than can I be your secretary...I can type pretty fast and I make a mean cup of coffee.

Services much appreciated...although we decided on Grand Archduke of the Entire Fucking Planet as my title...but you may address me as His High Mightiness...or the Dutch equivalent, His Hoogen Moogenda...I'm sure I spelled that wrong...the Archduke apologizes for that...

fine then, can I be the secretary for the Grand Archduke of the Entire Fucking Planet, or perhaps assistant manager of Planet Fucking services?

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Reply By: kingbeePosted: Monday, December 13, 2004philomedy. if you're so much better at blurting out stupid responses when the press plays dirty tricks on you and makes you answer questions everyone but the slanted media wants to ignore, why arent you secretary of defense???? nuff said! I see that the United States military is now the "slanted media." Interesting.

I think he was talking about the fact that the question was planted by the media. This doesn't mean that the military didn't want it asked, however, as it *was* a soldier who asked it, and other soldiers who cheered him. (Whether asking the question in a public forum or the response of the other soldiers was appropriate is something I leave up to others; there's something to be said for subordinates that try to make their superiors look *good* as opposed to looking like chumps, tho.)

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Hey..The reporter might have planted the question, but what do you wanna bet every soldier in there was thinking it anyway.

the reporter really did screw up.  he shoulda had someone prepped with a followup.   something like ...since there are still 800 combat troops in iraq without state of the art (a term that's often misperceived as meaning 'on the  cutting edge''; state of the art merely = the current standard) body armor...is there some way we can take a lesson from the humvee homemade armor and maybe make something out of empty mre containers and mini-blinds?  and would you be willing to do the honor of testing it for us?