Rumsfeld's Toads

billmon

I don't want to go all Godwin here, but these two really do sound like a couple of Hitler's military flunkies talking about their beloved Fuhrer: The top US general defended the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying it is inspired by God. "He leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our country," said Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.(...) On the other hand, I doubt any of the real military professionals on the German general staff -- not even the hardcore Nazi sycophants like Krebs or Jodl -- would have uttered such revolting rubbish in public. They would have been too embarrassed by the stony silence of their brother officers. There are really only three plausible explanations for Pace's and Stavridis's outrageous displays of toadyism: * They felt they had to kiss Rumsfeld's ass in public to keep their jobs. * Rumsfeld ordered them to kiss his ass in public. * They sincerely believed their own lickspittle praise. I don't know which one is worse...

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