(Sen. Ken) Salazar Joins Call For Rumsfeld's Firing

[sabra]

http://cbs4denver.com/national/local_story_243090716.html

Salazar Joins Call For Rumsfeld's Firing

(AP) WASHINGTON Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., added his voice Wednesday to the chorus of complaints about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with a letter asking President Bush to fire Rumsfeld and appoint someone "who can gain the confidence of the American people."

Rumsfeld "has engaged in a long history of misjudgment and incompetence in the Iraq conflict," Salazar wrote.

Rumsfeld's statement Tuesday that critics of the Iraq war "suffer from moral and intellectual confusion" is "a grave insult" and "yet another example of the secretary's long trail of mistakes and misjudgments about the American people," Salazar wrote.

Salazar said that mistakes Rumsfeld has made include:

--Estimating in 2003 that the war would cost less that $50 billion when it is anticipated to exceed $500 billion.

--Stating at the beginning of the war that the conflict would last six months or less when it has lasted more than three years.

[Cha]

1. Hey, I just read the military

is going to spend "$$20 million" for better coverage in Iraq so maybe he won't have to resign? :sarcasm:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2020380

[Tanuki]

2. Good for Salazar!

It is crucial to keep the focus on the lies and incompetence that got us into this debacle, rather than allowing the * misadministration to distract from and distort the issues and to cast critics as appeasers and fascist sympathizers.

[RSchewe]

3. That must make him the last Senator to ask for his resignation n/t

[Supply Side Jesus]

4. Good ol' Zell Salazar.....

No doubt he'll change his mind and endorse Lamont after Lamont wins...

He is an embarrassment to the Centennial State. And THATS saying ALOT.

[killbotfactory]

5. Yeah... but he's better than Pete Coors.