Rumsfeld: Santa denied Christmas wish for more troops

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met with troops yesterday in a morale building exercise. Soldiers grew testy about the number of troops present in Iraq and about the state of the equipment they have been using. Rumsfeld said he asked Santa Claus for more troops last Christmas, and that he learned a valuable lesson when Santa didn’t deliver: "You go to war wit the troops you have, not with the troops you wish you had." Rumsfeld then told the troops that he will accept the troops he has this Christmas as they should accept the equipment they have at this special time of year.

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