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bitonti · 08-15-2006, 11:59 AM

In addition to her committee work on the House Armed Services, International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Jo Ann Davis also serves as chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counter-Intelligence

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Davis urges Rumsfeld's ouster
Rep. Jo Ann Davis says Rumsfeld should have heeded one general's strategy for Iraq.
BY JIM HODGES

August 12, 2006
HAMPTON -- U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis has joined the growing chorus of those who believe Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be out of a job.

"I told my husband that when (Sen.) Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) came out and said he should resign, it's probably the only thing in my life I've ever agreed with Hillary Clinton about," said Davis, R-Gloucester.

Clinton's call came on Aug. 3 after she dressed down Rumsfeld before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

The unusual aspect of Davis' stance is that she is a Republican. In her most public comments on the issue in her district, Davis said she has felt this way about Rumsfeld for awhile.

"I've made no bones about it the last two years," Davis told members of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Society of Military Comptrollers on Thursday. "He's probably a nice guy, but I don't think he's a great secretary of defense."

Later she amended her "nice guy" assessment by saying Rumsfeld had come across as arrogant in her dealings with him, which stretch back to committee work during her freshman term in Congress, in 2001.

While answering a comptroller's question concerning the Base Realignment and Closure commission, Davis, who is returning to her duties while undergoing post-surgery radiation treatment for breast cancer, sought to give Rumsfeld the benefit of the doubt. "Maybe he was the right one when the war started," she said.

But, she added, [B]"I think if he had listened to Gen. (Eric) Shinseki in the beginning - I think Gen. Shinseki has been proven right. His argument with Secretary Rumsfeld was that we needed to have more troops, and he's right in my opinion."[/B]

In 2003, before the war started, Shinseki, then the Army chief of staff, said he believed that hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops would be needed there during the postwar period.

On Aug. 1 of that year, Rumsfeld fired him.

Davis also pointed to the difficulty the Defense Department is having in trying to conduct wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while transforming the services, dealing with BRAC and bringing troops back to the U.S. from Europe.

[B]"Some bad decisions were made," [/B] she said.

Davis said she still supports the U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq because of "the intelligence we've picked up over there that's protected us here," but she is having second thoughts about American troops being there in the first place.

"It's hard for me, especially being one who voted for (the war), when I go and visit a young soldier or airman or Marine and they've been lamed for life by the war," she told the ASMC.

"I feel a little guilt there because I voted for the war. ... It makes you feel like, 'My vote caused this.' ... But I still believe it was the right decision at the time."

Like others in Congress at the time, Davis was shown intelligence that said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Iraq had contributed to the efforts of the terrorists who flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia.

[B]"All of the intelligence we were given says we should be over there," she said. "If I had known that the intelligence they gave us wasn't correct, I don't know how I would have voted."[/B]

Davis' opponent in the Nov. 7 election, Democrat Shawn O'Donnell of Fredericksburg, has proposed firing Rumsfeld.

"She's three years too late," O'Donnell said Friday. "I'm glad to see she's waking up. ... It was the wrong war at the wrong time for the wrong reason."

Davis eagerly anticipates bringing U.S. troops back from Iraq. "I'm not for putting permanent bases there," she said. "As soon as we get enough (Iraqis) trained to take over their country, bring our babies home."
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MnJetFan · 08-15-2006, 01:35 PM

The man is a complete MORON!

AlbanyJet · 08-15-2006, 07:42 PM

IMHO more US troops only would have produced more US dead!

The differing Muslims still would have found a way to blow up each other's Mosques, hospitals, schools, market areas. When a Muslim wants to murder another Muslim, additional US troops aren't going to prevent it!

:osama: :uzi2:

08-15-2006, 11:59 AM	#1
bitonti searching Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 38,786	Hawk GOP Rep bashes Rummy In addition to her committee work on the House Armed Services, International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Jo Ann Davis also serves as chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counter-Intelligence [quote] Davis urges Rumsfeld's ouster Rep. Jo Ann Davis says Rumsfeld should have heeded one general's strategy for Iraq. BY JIM HODGES August 12, 2006 HAMPTON -- U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis has joined the growing chorus of those who believe Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be out of a job. "I told my husband that when (Sen.) Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) came out and said he should resign, it's probably the only thing in my life I've ever agreed with Hillary Clinton about," said Davis, R-Gloucester. Clinton's call came on Aug. 3 after she dressed down Rumsfeld before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The unusual aspect of Davis' stance is that she is a Republican. In her most public comments on the issue in her district, Davis said she has felt this way about Rumsfeld for awhile. "I've made no bones about it the last two years," Davis told members of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Society of Military Comptrollers on Thursday. "He's probably a nice guy, but I don't think he's a great secretary of defense." Later she amended her "nice guy" assessment by saying Rumsfeld had come across as arrogant in her dealings with him, which stretch back to committee work during her freshman term in Congress, in 2001. While answering a comptroller's question concerning the Base Realignment and Closure commission, Davis, who is returning to her duties while undergoing post-surgery radiation treatment for breast cancer, sought to give Rumsfeld the benefit of the doubt. "Maybe he was the right one when the war started," she said. But, she added, [B]"I think if he had listened to Gen. (Eric) Shinseki in the beginning - I think Gen. Shinseki has been proven right. His argument with Secretary Rumsfeld was that we needed to have more troops, and he's right in my opinion."[/B] In 2003, before the war started, Shinseki, then the Army chief of staff, said he believed that hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops would be needed there during the postwar period. On Aug. 1 of that year, Rumsfeld fired him. Davis also pointed to the difficulty the Defense Department is having in trying to conduct wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while transforming the services, dealing with BRAC and bringing troops back to the U.S. from Europe. [B]"Some bad decisions were made," [/B] she said. Davis said she still supports the U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq because of "the intelligence we've picked up over there that's protected us here," but she is having second thoughts about American troops being there in the first place. "It's hard for me, especially being one who voted for (the war), when I go and visit a young soldier or airman or Marine and they've been lamed for life by the war," she told the ASMC. "I feel a little guilt there because I voted for the war. ... It makes you feel like, 'My vote caused this.' ... But I still believe it was the right decision at the time." Like others in Congress at the time, Davis was shown intelligence that said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Iraq had contributed to the efforts of the terrorists who flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia. [B]"All of the intelligence we were given says we should be over there," she said. "If I had known that the intelligence they gave us wasn't correct, I don't know how I would have voted."[/B] Davis' opponent in the Nov. 7 election, Democrat Shawn O'Donnell of Fredericksburg, has proposed firing Rumsfeld. "She's three years too late," O'Donnell said Friday. "I'm glad to see she's waking up. ... It was the wrong war at the wrong time for the wrong reason." Davis eagerly anticipates bringing U.S. troops back from Iraq. "I'm not for putting permanent bases there," she said. "As soon as we get enough (Iraqis) trained to take over their country, bring our babies home." [/quote] [img]http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cars0054/rumsfeld-saddam.jpg[/img]

08-15-2006, 01:35 PM	#2
MnJetFan All League Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,302	The man is a complete MORON!

08-15-2006, 07:42 PM	#3
AlbanyJet All League Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,623	IMHO more US troops only would have produced more US dead! The differing Muslims still would have found a way to blow up each other's Mosques, hospitals, schools, market areas. When a Muslim wants to murder another Muslim, additional US troops aren't going to prevent it! :osama: :uzi2: