Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign and take his top deputies with him. That includes Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary Douglas Feith.

It's not just Mr. Rumsfeld's latest fiasco, the botched handling of the investigation of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld seriously underestimated the number of U.S. troops required for the occupation of Iraq and the potential for American casualties.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld seriously overestimated the threat from weapons of mass destruction.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld ignored the State Department's plans for the occupation and relied on private security forces and private companies with no-bid contracts.

It's not just that U.S. policy in Iraq has devolved in dangerous ad hocery, with one day's decision reversed the next day.

It's not just that Mr. Rumsfeld had charged around the world insulting key allies.

It's the accumulation of all these miscalculations, misconceptions and missteps - and an arrogant inability to admit his mistakes - that require him to step down. If the Defense Department were a corporation, its CEO would be long gone.

Mr. Rumsfeld has consistently been wrong. He has responded to criticism by bullying and sneering at his critics. His arrogant miscalculations have cost American soldiers their lives and continue to put them at grave risk. The Army has been stretched to the breaking point. Billions of dollars of U.S. treasure continue to sink into the sands of Iraq; Wednesday, President George W. Bush asked Congress for $25 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

American prestige has suffered around the world. Saddam Hussein and his nonexistent WMDs have been replaced with a mob of insurgents that poses a greater threat to Americans than Saddam ever did.
For his mistakes and his inability to recognize them, Mr. Rumsfeld must go.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/8604332.htm

Members of DU please write to your representatives and Senators now. Insist they ask Mr. Rumsfeld to step down.

It is time we send a clear message to the Bushitas regime WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE.

Its time for America to wake up and tell these people STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY

Clearly these acts, this arrogance has put America in greater danger of terrorist attack then before the war. Clearly these acts will inspire a whole new generation of willing terrorist aimed solely at the United States

Email your lawmakers NOW ……Tell them Mr. Rumsfeld must go…..

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demanded the whole administration be asked to resign...from Bush down. :bounce:

I'd rather take out the entire adminstration in November. If Rummy takes the fall, the rest of the adminstration slides... and that is. not. right.

But I believe a grass roots up heavel demanding the Rumsfeld resignation will do more to affect that means. First and most importantly the media will see the will of the American people not to tolerate this bunch of thugs. The media might finally start doing its job and accurately reporting the news for a change rather then following the White House talking points memos.

Second the Bush Administration will be tossed into a state of confusion followed by entering the nominations as the walking wounded rather then beholders of a referendum.

this would be *'s biggest waffle to date! To fire Rumsfeld after the defense he portrayed today could be additionally devestating.

I don't care how this adminstration falls, I just want it to happen.

(on second thought, I don't want to watch people die to see it fall)

With the Key snide commentator kick out.

They would be irreversibly diminished by the blow pure and simple. They won't get to November in one piece either. There would be more to follow. Powell might even come to his senses and jump ship. I am sure many of the staffers would be jumping ship and joining the band wagon to out this bunch of crooks.

Like i said write your lawmakers and DEMAND his resignation

Rummy and Dummy gatta go, they gad their chance, they had a good go at it. Now, its time to admit BushCo was a Bad Bet. The Fundies who backed these guys know it too. But all the Pubs hold fast to the Stay the Course Path. They are clinging to the leaking lifeboat in icey waters.

god damned is what he is!