Originally posted by VonDondu
Because you have to get people to vote for you if you want to be President.![]()
Some would disagree with you.
Last edited by The US Government on 05-14-2004 at 09:21 AM
Originally posted by VonDondu
Because you have to get people to vote for you if you want to be President.![]()
Originally posted by Gwalchmai
I see that Kerry claims that he would ask McCain to be Secretary of Defence if he were elected. That would be a very shrewd move as near as I can tell....
Thanks to on-line research, I know that the staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense is primarily civilian, and since the Secretary directs and controls the armed forces, I doubt that it would be prudent for the Secretary to be an active member of any one military branch. However, there is nothing that would preclude the Secretary from being a former member of the military, which Powell was at the time of George W.’s coronation. Just because our current Secretary of Defense actively avoided military service (as currently discussed in recent Doonsbury comicsOriginally posted by Weasel
This is where Weasel gets lost.![]()
I was told that the SoD was usually picked from a civilian not connected to the military..something about overseeing the military from the outside?? or something.
The reason I say this, I posted about Powell taking the job in place of Rumsfeld somewhere and got this reply. Then I looked it up and saw Powell was in the running for the SoD once, but turned it down when Bush offered it. Confused![]()
Originally posted by fable
Remember what I said about Clinton's appeasement goals vis a vis Congress, and Kerry being smarter than to try it?
Well, cancel that.![]()
Originally posted by Gwalchmai
Just because our current Secretary of Defense actively avoided military service (as currently discussed in recent Doonsbury comics), doesn’t mean they all have to be pure civilians.
Speaking of photo ops that are staged merely for effect, I just had my picture taken standing next to a Republican, which proves that I'm a patriotic American and I love my country.Originally posted by Weasel
As soon as you put politician in front of someones name, they lose 50 points off their IQ.Just look at Dan, started with 45 and then fell to -5.
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Well, the Republican's IQ could only have benefited with proximity to you.Originally posted by VonDondu
Speaking of photo ops that are staged merely for effect, I just had my picture taken standing next to a Republican, which proves that I'm a patriotic American and I love my country.
Oh wait, you were talking about losing IQ points, weren't you?
Originally posted by fable
Hersh, referred to in this piece, has been extremely careful and thorough thus far in sifting his sources for accurate information regarding this developing crisis. But has he finally gone over the edge? Or is someone possibly setting him up? Or is this possibly accurate?
One intelligence official said the CIA ended its involvement with the program at Abu Ghraib prison by last fall. "They said, 'No way. We signed up for the core program in Afghanistan - pre-approved for operations against the high-value terrorist targets - and now you want to use it for cabdrivers, brothers-in-law, and people pulled off the streets,''' the source said.
"Here in America we are descended in blood and spirit from revolutionistsOriginally posted by fable
It's much older than that. Aristophanes' comedies lashing out at the Athens for conquering other city states and provoking an all-out war with Sparta entailed repeated denunciations by the powers-in-charge. They claimed he was hampering the war effort by not supporting it.
And this sort of thing is repeated throughout history. It is as old as dirt, and just as pleasant to the tongue.
Gee, thanks.Originally posted by Gwalchmai
Well, the Republican's IQ could only have benefited with proximity to you.![]()