New Enemies Demand New Thinking
Friday, September 1st, 2006 by RLRFrom The LA Times
By Donald H. Rumsfeld
In the last few days I have had the opportunity to speak at the annual conventions of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. It is always a humbling experience to be in the presence of those who have served and fought for our country during some of our darkest, most trying times — when it was unclear whether our way of life would prevail.
We are again engaged in conflicts that are testing whether we believe that the defense of liberty is worth the cost. And again, there are those who disagree with the mission, who question whether it is worth the sacrifice. This is to be expected in a time of war.
Today, some think that World War II and the Cold War were black-and- white affairs: good versus evil. But there were always those who thought that we should retreat within our borders.
In an effort to avoid repeating the carnage of World War I, much of the Western world tried to appease the growing threats in Europe and Asia in the years before World War II. Those who warned against the rise of Nazism, fascism and communism were often ridiculed and ignored.
The enemy we face today is different from the enemies we have faced in the past, but its goal is similar: to impose its fanatical ideology of hatred on the rest of the world.
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I choose to disagree with The Donald. I don’t think his brand of leadership opens any dialogue. I guess this is part of the GOP playbook, if you just keep saying these things they become true.
It’s a page out of Hitler’s playbook: the more a lie is repeated, the more likely that people will come to believe it. Rummy’s right, we are in a battle with fascists: they aren’t Islamic, however, they are in our own government
Gee, sounds like a stumblebum wrestler who’s just made one of his last throws. That’s a “known known”.
Furthurmore, at what point does Donaldspeak degenerate into doubleplusgood Duckspeak, in a “Democracy” where it’s downright difficult to differentiate despot from dipstick?