Rumsfeld Serves Up Grub to Troops in Iraq

Rumsfeld Serves Up Grub to Troops in Iraq

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

12/24/2005

MOSUL, Iraq - In a festively bedecked dining hall, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld served Christmas Eve dinner to dozens of U.S. soldiers, then fed them his view — with a mix of optimism, caution and emotion — of why the war that has cost more than 2,150 U.S. lives must be won.


"We will win this war. It's a test of wills, and let there be no doubt that is what it is," he said. Rumsfeld told the troops that "generations before you have persevered and prevailed, and they too were engaged in a test of wills."

"In this fight, the vast majority of Iraqis stand on the side of freedom," he said over the roar of helicopters flying over a regional U.S. military headquarters that once was a palace of Saddam Hussein.

Rumsfeld, winding up a five-day trip that began in Pakistan and included stops in Afghanistan and Jordan, said the battle for Iraq is part of the wider global war on terrorism, which he called "this long war against terrorism and it will be a long war.

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Such a Holiday Treat!

All I have to say is that the military budget must be mighty stretched if they're serving them insect larvae.

Don't our fighting men and women deserve something better, like Spaghetti-Os?

--p!
Ooh, that's different ... never mind.

For how the war is really going, check www.icasualties.org

The reality W wants hidden at all costs.

12/25/05 Reuters: Mosul student leader found dead
The body of Qusay Salahaddin, president of the Students Union of Mosul University, was found shot dead two days after he was abducted by gunmen. On Dec. 21 he led a demonstration complaining of alleged fraud in last week's parliamentary election.

That's democracy for you in colonial bushland.

you only eat the bird you can shoot down, and not the one you never imagined to shoot you down...Berry Christmas!

after a presidential photo op at camp david he's headed to where he's most comfortable....a ranch with no horses and brush strategically placed so it looks as if he's actually doing something.

maybe even some bike falls and pretzel incidents. we could see some hilarious photos out of this trip.

talk about some abstracted "test of wills" -- while they're EATING already.

Disgusting.

enough to ruin any meal... a sad Christmas dinner!

Rummy finally found an office he can be effective in. I applaud him.

On-the-Job-Training for his prison job???



Is that turkey?