CAKEHEAD OF THE WEEK: But where's the cake?
CAKEHEAD of the WEEK. WE SEE THE CAKEHEAD, BUT WHERE'S THE CAKE?
This week's CAKEHEAD OF THE WEEK AWARD goes to Big R. R as in Rumsfeld. We were almost certain that he had received the award before, but after scouring the CAKEHEAD HALL OF FAME, we found no indication that he had.
So this one's for you Rummy. Not only has he been too preoccupied eating cakes with his cronies to make smart decisions about war policies, but during his recent "surprise visit" to see the troops, he forgot the cake! Now that's a cakehead kind of thing to do. He thinks that just because he has the "Support the Troops" yellow ribbon magnet on his SUV and wears an American flag pin on his lapel that the troops would greet his arrival with whoops and cheers. Not the case.
Read what troops told CNN reporters about Rumsfeld's surprise visit:
If I see him, "I'd ask him for a plane ticket home to see my wife. I have barely seen her in the last two years," said a young sergeant, who did not want to be identified. Like many of the soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, he is on his second deployment to Iraq.Some joked that whenever VIP's come to visit they just go to the main bases and meet the "fobbits," the nickname given to troops who do not go outside the barbed wire.
"They have to get out to see the people that are doing the jobs they are making them do. If they didn't they would not be very good leaders," said Maj. Michael Humphreys, one of the few soldiers here willing to tell journalists some of his opinions on senior leadership.
