I canna do it Cap’n!

[avram]

Donald Rumsfeld fields questions from the troops after watching too much Star Trek:

Q:  Yes, Mr. Secretary.  Our soldiers have been fighting in Iraq for coming up on three years.  A lot of us are getting ready to move north relatively soon.  Our vehicles are not armored.  We’re digging pieces of rusted scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass that’s already been shot up, dropped, busted, picking the best out of this scrap to put on our vehicles to take into combat.  We do not have proper armament vehicles to carry with us north.

SEC. RUMSFELD:  I talked to the General coming out here about the pace at which the vehicles are being armored.  They have been brought from all over the world, wherever they’re not needed, to a place here where they are needed.  I’m told that they are being – the Army is – I think it’s something like 400 a month are being done.  And it’s essentially a matter of physics.  It isn’t a matter of money.  It isn’t a matter on the part of the Army of desire.  It’s a matter of production and capability of doing it.

Incidentally, he’s lying about the production capacity.

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Comments

[scottbateman.livejournal.com]

If I find time to do a cartoon this afternoon, it'll be on this.

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

I'm glad for the link proving the untruth of the statement. I listened to that exchange, and the first thing that popped into my head when he said that is "He's lying or fudging." Not that that isn't the first thing that pops into my head whenever DR opens his wormy lips.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Rumsfeld, lie? Why the very idea...!

Damned Whiz Kids

[(Anonymous)]

The best part of this is that the questioner sounds like some salt of the earth kid from the Great Plains and Donald Rumsfeld comes off like some East Coast elitist.

The Rumsfeld Defense Dept. just lost some serious cred with the heartland. If they didn't like the Whiz Kids, then these guys will really rub them the wrong way.

Andrew A. Gill