I need help fast. Which neocon said this?

[CrazyBob]

To paraphrase: "Every president goes to war with the army his predecessor left behind."

I know its not exact. But which one of those devils said that? (I am at the goal line, and I am going to win an argument with a rw wacko who claims Obama "destroyed" our military.)

Remember when they used to say that shit about Clinton? They are repeating themselves.

[Cerridwen]

1. Sounds like rummy.

You go to war with the army you have not the army you choose.

Or somesuch drivel.

Off to google unless someone else posts it first.

edit: yeppers, "Rumsfeld: 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. As you know, ah, you go to war with the army you have---not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.---You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can (still) be blown up... "

Found it at Crooks and Liars: http://crooksandliars.com/2006/12/15/remebering-rumsfeld-you-go-to-war-with-the-army-you-have-not-the-army-you-might-want-or-wish-to-have-at-a-later-time

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Rummy said

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you'd like to have, or something really close to that. Believe he said that on a visit to Iraq, made huge news at the time.

[CrazyBob]

6. Thanks!

And thanks to everyone who posted the answer!

[southernyankeebelle]

10. you are right. It was a question from a TN national guardsman. I remember that. I live in TN

[Cerridwen]

12. I remembered the words but not the context.

Thank you, southernyankeebelle.

That idiot actually said that to a guardsman?! That makes it so much worse.

[southernyankeebelle]

14. Yep I think the unit was getting ready to go over. I'll never forget I was watching it when they

showed what he said.

[Saturday]

2. Donald Rumsfeld

You don't have the quote exactly right, Google it and you'll get his exact words.

[The Straight Story]

3. Maybe this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A132-2004Dec14.html

"As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time."

-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,

[lob1]

9. I believe he gave that answer to a question about why our soldiers

and vehicles didn't have the right armament to protect against IED's.

[MADem]

13. The nerve of that guardman to question why his friends and battle buds were getting blown to shit!

He should have been PROUD to be on the Roulette Wheel of Fortune in the War on Terrah, instead of questioning the SECDEF on issues of armor plating!

[oldhippydude]

5. Rumsfeldt

said you go to war with the army you have..

[Brother Buzz]

7. The same ass that told this dumb draftee....

that me and my draftees brothers added "no value, no advantage, really, to the United States armed services . . ."

[Hoyt]

8. Understand the temptation, but it's a waste of time discussing such with right wingers.

If we run out of oil or need something, they plan on just taking it.

[Make7]

11. "A commander-in-chief leads the military built by those who came before him."

[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf;"]"A commander-in-chief leads the military built by those who came before him. There is little that he or his defense secretary can do to improve the force they have to deploy. It is all the work of previous administrations."[font style="font-size:0.9231em;"]

Richard Cheney - Address to the Southern Center for International Studies, Aug. 30, 2000[/font][font style="font-size:0.8462em;"]


http://www.votesmart.org/public-statement/5386/address-to-the-southern-center-for-international-studies[/font]