Your Turn: Reader Reaction to Post Magazine's Rumsfeld story and Sietsema's Sushi Taro Review
|
TOOLBOX
   Resize
COMMENT
 Discussion Policy
 CLOSE
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
Who's Blogging  |
Excerpts from e-mails, chat postings and online comments:
Reactions to Bradley Graham's June 14 story "Decline and Fall," about Donald Rumsfeld's departure from the Pentagon
Ralph Novak of Lincoln, Calif., e-mails:
Two things: Rumsfeld did not suffer opinions or approaches that differed from his unless they came from his inner circle of top advisers. His choices of chairman of the joint staffs point to a desire to have a compliant staff. Second, he made the same mistake McNamara made. ... Rumsfeld and McNamara both felt loyalty first to their presidents, not to the country. Both should have resigned. Both will be remembered as the worst secretaries of defense because they ignored their duty to the citizens of this country.
Larry Scroggs of Memphis e-mails:
Today's article on Donald Rumsfeld was excellent. It was insightful and objective, and revealed many of the secretary's strengths while also explaining the critical impact of his personal errors in judgment and approach under very difficult circumstances. His analyses and recommendations were not always correct, but his patriotism and dedication are beyond reproach.
Floris, Va., asks on the June 15 chat:
Secretary Rumsfeld, in the many times I saw him on television, always came across to me as arrogant, condescending and combative. Is that your impression based on personal interactions?
Bradley Graham responds:
That's certainly one side of him. But he can also be affable, engaging, funny and sensitive. He really is a remarkably complex individual.
From online comments about Tom Sietsema's June 21 review of Sushi Taro
msm3 wrote:
As someone who went to the "old" Sushi Taro for years, I'm disappointed to lose my neighborhood institution. I admire the owners' sentiments -- I just wish they didn't have to sacrifice one of my favorite restaurants in the city to do it. Anyone looking to recapture the high-quality food and atmosphere of the last incarnation of the restaurant should find a location in Dupont/Logan pronto: You'll make a fortune from all of us feeling left behind by the "new" Sushi Taro.
Want to share your comments on Magazine stories? E-mail yourturn@washpost.com or visit washingtonpost.com/magazine.
