Father of two US soldiers in Iraq: Rumsfeld must resign

NNN0LHI

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Fri Sep-26-03 06:22 PM
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Father of two US soldiers in Iraq: Rumsfeld must resign

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/26/content_1102075.htm

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The father of two US soldiers fighting in Iraq said Friday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld must resign, accusing him of betraying the US troops and the nation.

"I'm a patriotic American with three sons in the military, two serving in Iraq," said the father, Larry Syverson, from Richmond, Virginia, on a whole-page advertisement on the New York Times. "I'm proud of their service. But I'm angry with those who have led us into what can only be called a quagmire."

Syverson said Rumsfeld, the chief architect of the war with Iraq, "has left our troops poorly equipped and vulnerable in an increasingly hostile environment" by bad planning.

"We now know that the President and those who serve him misled us about weapons of mass destruction, about Saddam's supposed nuclear program, about a link between Saddam and September 11," the advertisement said.

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Noordam

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Fri Sep-26-03 06:25 PM
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1. Rove can cover up all he wants

But he knows ads like this cost whistle-ass votes lots of votes.

drip Drip DRip DRIp DRIP.....

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realFedUp

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Fri Sep-26-03 06:26 PM
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2. more info at www.moveon.org - n/t

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bluestateguy

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Fri Sep-26-03 06:36 PM
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3. How about those military ballots now?

We changed our mind. We on the Left are happy to loosen the rules now to see to it that as many military ballots are counted as possible.

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0007

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Fri Sep-26-03 06:41 PM
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4. Wish our news media would find

out who this guy is so FOX News - CNN - MSNBC so they could run with it 24/7. Am I dreaming or what?

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wtmusic

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Fri Sep-26-03 07:03 PM
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5. 'We now know'?

What, are these people on tranquilizers?

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mike_c

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Fri Sep-26-03 07:08 PM
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6. long term denial is the ultimate trank....

Insert head in sand. Think happy thoughts.

Good to see that this gentleman has had enough, even if he took the circuitous route.

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Skittles

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Fri Sep-26-03 07:43 PM
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7. he also makes Bush sound like some innocent victim who was duped

oh well, I guess we have to take what we can get

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latebloomer

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Fri Sep-26-03 08:22 PM
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11. Read it again!

Edited on Fri Sep-26-03 08:23 PM by latebloomer

It says "the President and those who serve him misled us"!!

BTW-- it's a MoveOn ad- I just found it in the Times. This Chinese article made it sound as if the father had placed the ad himself.

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alcuno

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Fri Sep-26-03 07:56 PM
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8. Why do people keep on calling for him to resign?

Why aren't they calling on * to fire him?

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mike_c

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Fri Sep-26-03 08:08 PM
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9. shrub can't fire rummy....

Edited on Fri Sep-26-03 08:09 PM by mike_c

Cheney won't allow it. You must hate America.

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roguevalley

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Fri Sep-26-03 08:22 PM
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10. God bless him and his family.

I hope, because of the lying bastards in the government that he never has to know what the Sullivans learned.

I am so proud of the families of the servicemen and women that are speaking out. God bless them all. After all, their parents are of the Viet Nam generation like me. We don't want war, no mo.

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