[Vision2020] Donald Rumsfeld-speak

[WMSteed@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/17/03 10:25:53 AM, tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu writes:

<<One statement made by George Sr. clearly comes to mind.  He stated that he

would leave the Gulf War up to the generals.>>

My memory is that GENERAL Colin Powell, Schwartzkopf's boss, was the main 
proponent of stopping when we did.  We had reached our objective; throwing 
Iraq out of Kuwait.  The objective then was not the overthrow of Sadam but 
freeing Kuwait.  Objective acheived, we stopped.

<< By the way, I am a liberal. >>

No duh.  

Walter Steed