Rumsfed says he offered to quit Twice

[LiberalinNC]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says he twice offered President Bush his resignation during the height of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, but the president refused to accept it.

In an interview to be aired Thursday night on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rumsfeld says: "I submitted my resignation to President Bush twice during that period and told him that ... I felt that he ought to make the decision as to whether or not I stayed on. And he made that decision and said he did want me to stay on."

Rumsfeld has been a lightening rod for complaints against the wars on terrorism and Iraq since shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

He was unpopular with his military commanders, the intelligence community and many members of Congress, who accused him of mismanagement of the Defense Department and insensitivity to American forces in the field.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/rumsfeld.resign/index.html

[TwilightZone]

1. Interesting how the wording changes the tone.

Some reports say that he "tried" to resign. Others say that he "offered" to.

Interesting how different organizations can put a different spin on the same story by changing a few words.

Here's an earlier thread on this story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1209765&mesg_id=1209765


Edit: typo

[FreedomAngel82]

2. With the Iraq war

going on? I highly doubt that! What a bunch of lies. Anybody seen the PBS documentary "Rumsfeld's war"? It shows how Bush really is clueless about Iraq except what his admin tells him.