Posted by
Joe Voter on Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:09:21 PM
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday and said "U.S. forces should not quit the war until the enemy is defeated." This is Rumsfeld's 15th visit to Iraq, he was last there in July.
Rumsfeld was quoted as saying: "For the past six years, I have had the opportunity and, I would say, the privilege, to serve with the greatest military on the face of the Earth. We feel great urgency to protect the American people from another 9/11 or a 9/11 times two or three. At the same time, we need to have the patience to see this task through to success. The consequences of failure are unacceptable."
Rumsfeld spoke to more than 1,200 soldiers and Marines at Al-Asad, a sprawling air base in Anbar province, the large area of western Iraq that is an insurgent stronghold.
I know from personal experience that Secretary Rumsfeld deeply cared about the men and women of the Armed Forces. Unlike Clinton's Defense Secretary, Rumsfeld would stop in the halls of the Pentagon and talk to enlisted men. I believe history will show Donald Rumsfeld as a great leader, a man of courage, and a inspiration to our men and women in uniform. Thanks for your service Secretary Rumsfeld. You will be missed.
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