# Just heard on the radio...Rumsfeld is resigning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579 "2006-11-08T17:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/1 "2006-11-08T17:52:17Z")
No link yet…just heard it on the radio news…reporting from AP…more to come, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/2 "2006-11-08T17:54:00Z")
They’re reporting it on Fox as well. I guess this is the first step in Rove’s strategy for dealing with the Dems. Rummy “stepping down” allows them to remove a huge Bush liability without Bush having to admit he was wrong about anything. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/3 "2006-11-08T17:54:26Z")
[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RUMSFELD\_RESIGNS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-11-08-12-51-33](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RUMSFELD_RESIGNS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-11-08-12-51-33) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/4 "2006-11-08T17:57:09Z")
I got this [link](http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/08/D8L91ID02.html) from Drudge. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/5 "2006-11-08T17:58:18Z")
Well, dayum. I wonder if he volunteered or if he was forced out? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/6 "2006-11-08T17:59:08Z")
He’s offered to resign twice before, but Bush asked to stay on both times. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/7 "2006-11-08T17:59:48Z")
Who’s the replacement? I haven’t heard yet. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/8 "2006-11-08T18:01:22Z")
Leiberman? ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/9 "2006-11-08T18:02:24Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Who’s the replacement? I haven’t heard yet. [/QUOTE] Former CIA director Robert Gates, Bloomberg just reported. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/10 "2006-11-08T18:02:24Z")
BBC reports its an ex-CIA guy called Gates? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/11 "2006-11-08T18:04:27Z")
Gates…what’s his story? Is he Assistant Sec of Defense already? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/12 "2006-11-08T18:07:47Z")
Believe it or not the wiki article is amended already > **[Robert Gates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates)** > > Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Counci ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/13 "2006-11-08T18:09:05Z")
Just read his bio - he’s Jack Ryan! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/14 "2006-11-08T18:10:09Z")
I wonder if this will mean a shift in how we continue the War on Terror? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/15 "2006-11-08T18:11:35Z")
It requires Senate confirmation for Gates to be named the new Sec of Defense. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/16 "2006-11-08T18:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I wonder if this will mean a shift in how we continue the War on Terror? [/QUOTE] It’s just possible we might start fighting, y’know, actual terrorists, instead of pretending that invading a sovereign nation with no connection to 9/11 is actually part of the “War on Terror”. But I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/17 "2006-11-08T19:01:25Z")
Or maybe telling the Iraqi government to get their shit together, we’re not going to be there forever. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/18 "2006-11-08T19:15:50Z")
Yes we are. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/19 "2006-11-08T19:17:03Z")
By the way, blaming the Iraqi government is a copout. The coming civil war is our fault, not the fake Iraqi government’s. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579/20 "2006-11-08T23:20:16Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Well, dayum. I wonder if he volunteered or if he was forced out? [/QUOTE] Maybe he just picked up KFed’s cellphone by mistake and got the “Sorry, it’s over.” message. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-heard-on-the-radio-rumsfeld-is-resigning/379579.md?page=2)