Pentagon downplays Rumsfeld pessimism - Someone's off the ranch

burythehatchet

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Wed Oct-22-03 03:23 PM
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Pentagon downplays Rumsfeld pessimism - Someone's off the ranch

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565290110

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Powell Moore, the Pentagon's assistant secretary for legislative affairs, said Mr Rumsfeld's comments - in an internal Pentagon memo published by USA Today - were intended to ask "tough questions" about how best to proceed in the war on terror. It did not paint a bleak picture of Iraqi and Afghan operations, he said.
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The memo was written even as the administration was embarking on an aggressive public relations campaign to convince Americans the rebuilding was going well and the US was succeeding in combating terrorism.

Pass the popcorn - this is going to be a good show, although it will never be worth the price of admission.

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ixion

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Wed Oct-22-03 03:35 PM
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1. no longer drip, drip drip.. now it's leak, leak, leak

like a sive, I tell ya. The rats are starting to turn on the Monkey King. :bounce:

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librechik

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Wed Oct-22-03 05:44 PM
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2. wait, Rummy himself gave copies of the memo to reporters

that's not a leak, that's a press release.

http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2003_10_19_isthatlegal_archive.html#106684727306378912

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