HW 31 Rumsfeld

In the reading Baghdad Burning Riverbend talks very negativly about Donald Rumsfeld so i was interested to see what the web had to say about him. While searching the internet the first thing i came across was actually a cartoon making fun of him. I knew that i couldnt just listen to the cartoon to get all my background information on him so i looked him up on wikipedia. Wikipedia states " He is . . .the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. He is both the youngest (43 years old) and the oldest (74 years old) person to have held the position, as well as the only person to have held the position for two non-consecutive terms, and the second longest serving, behind Robert McNamara". That showed me his background but it really didnt interest me much. I then found a quote that he said on MSNBC "If you are a historian, you know that throughout the history of our country, there have always been things that need to be done where lives are put at risk," Rumsfeld said. "And this country wouldn’t be here if people hadn’t been willing to put their lives at risk." I do not think that Riverbend would react to that well. Riverbend states "And now hes going back to America to give a speech about how he dosnt know what anyone is talking about when they say chaos"(Riverbend,page 51). I just think it was kind of funny how all i have been reading about from Riverbend is how stupid and disrespectful he is and then the first thing i find on the web is a cartoon making fun of him, dosnt that say somthing? I still would like to further my reasearch on Rumsfeld but for now i am indeed agreeing with what Riverbend is saying and now i feel i have more knowledge by reading what she is blogging.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4871859/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld
http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/rumsfeld.htm
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