RUMSFELD: U.S. COULD LICK ENTIRE WORLD WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND BACK
North Korea: Oh, Yeah?
In what some observers called his strongest rhetoric to date, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon today that “the United States of America has the military capability to lick the entire world with one hand tied behind our back.”
The comment, in response to a question about whether or not the U.S. was prepared to fight wars in Iraq and North Korea simultaneously, struck some in the international community as going a bit further than necessary to answer the question at hand.
But Mr. Rumsfeld left little doubt that he considered his answer appropriate, adding, “Anyone who doesn’t like my answer can stick it where the sun don’t shine.”
North Korea: Oh, Yeah?
In what some observers called his strongest rhetoric to date, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon today that “the United States of America has the military capability to lick the entire world with one hand tied behind our back.”
The comment, in response to a question about whether or not the U.S. was prepared to fight wars in Iraq and North Korea simultaneously, struck some in the international community as going a bit further than necessary to answer the question at hand.
But Mr. Rumsfeld left little doubt that he considered his answer appropriate, adding, “Anyone who doesn’t like my answer can stick it where the sun don’t shine.”