Contender #2:
Richard Danzig
Biography:
Richard Danzig is a 64-year-old attorney who previously served as Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton.
Born in the Bronx, NYC, Danzig eventually attended Reed College and earned a law degree from Yale. He was also a Rhodes Scholar and holds a PhD from Oxford University. After law school, Mr. Danzig served as clerk to SCOTUS Justice Byron White.
Mr. Danzig was a professor of law at Stanford and Harvard before serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. After the election of Ronald Reagan, Danzig left government to practice law at Latham & Watkins, and also served as Vice Chairman of the International Human Rights Law Group, and Traveling Fellow of the Center for International Political Economy.
The election of Democrat Bill Clinton to President afforded Danzig another opportunity to serve in government. He worked as Undersecretary of the Navy from 1993 to 1997, and then was sworn in as the Secretary of the Navy in November of 1998.
Career Accomplishments:
Iraq
Failed to hold Saddam Hussein to UN mandates. Presided over containment efforts, including no-fly zones and mistargeted Tomahawk missile and air strikes with negligible effects.
Somalia
Peacekeeping and toothless efforts to relieve suffering and distribute food. Culminated in U.S. failure in “Blackhawk Down” incident and then shameful withdrawal.
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Containment of conflict to prevent widening of war. War widened, ultimately spawning Macedonian and Kosovo conflicts. Succeeded in helping the Muslim extremists to win.
Macedonia - Peacekeeping operation.
Kosovo - Air strikes and attempted containment.
Haiti - Peacekeeping mission until “democratically-elected” ruler could be re-installed.
Liberia – evacuation of Americans
Central African Republic – evacuation of Americans
Albania – evacuation of Americans
Congo & Gabon – evacuation of Americans
Sierra Leone – evacuation of Americans
Cambodia – evacuation of Americans
Guinea-Bissau – evacuation of Americans
Kenya and Tanzania – intelligence failure & U.S. attacked; American lives lost
Afghanistan and Sudan – tomahawk strikes with negligible effects
East Timor - peacekeeping
Yemen – intelligence failure, USS Cole attacked; American lives lost
Philosophy:
Seems to be to contain conflict if and only if a consensus and coalition can be reached and allies can be found to help. In all other cases, evacuate Americans and get out of the way of those who don’t like us.
Job Fitness:
As Undersecretary, then Secretary of the Navy, showed himself to be unprepared to provide any leadership or oversight to the military. Running at the first sign of danger is not a strategy.
MOCKBADOC’s Final Opinion:
This selection will undoubtedly embolden our enemies and put Americans at risk. Well, American civilians, that is.
The military that remains after the inevitable drastic DOD budget cuts, will be safely on base for at least four years.
MOCKBADOC believes that Richard Danzig would be a weak, do-nothing pushover as Secretary of Defense, just like he was as Secretary of the Navy.
Biography:
Richard Danzig is a 64-year-old attorney who previously served as Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton.
Born in the Bronx, NYC, Danzig eventually attended Reed College and earned a law degree from Yale. He was also a Rhodes Scholar and holds a PhD from Oxford University. After law school, Mr. Danzig served as clerk to SCOTUS Justice Byron White.
Mr. Danzig was a professor of law at Stanford and Harvard before serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. After the election of Ronald Reagan, Danzig left government to practice law at Latham & Watkins, and also served as Vice Chairman of the International Human Rights Law Group, and Traveling Fellow of the Center for International Political Economy.
The election of Democrat Bill Clinton to President afforded Danzig another opportunity to serve in government. He worked as Undersecretary of the Navy from 1993 to 1997, and then was sworn in as the Secretary of the Navy in November of 1998.
Career Accomplishments:
Iraq
Failed to hold Saddam Hussein to UN mandates. Presided over containment efforts, including no-fly zones and mistargeted Tomahawk missile and air strikes with negligible effects.
Somalia
Peacekeeping and toothless efforts to relieve suffering and distribute food. Culminated in U.S. failure in “Blackhawk Down” incident and then shameful withdrawal.
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Containment of conflict to prevent widening of war. War widened, ultimately spawning Macedonian and Kosovo conflicts. Succeeded in helping the Muslim extremists to win.
Macedonia - Peacekeeping operation.
Kosovo - Air strikes and attempted containment.
Haiti - Peacekeeping mission until “democratically-elected” ruler could be re-installed.
Liberia – evacuation of Americans
Central African Republic – evacuation of Americans
Albania – evacuation of Americans
Congo & Gabon – evacuation of Americans
Sierra Leone – evacuation of Americans
Cambodia – evacuation of Americans
Guinea-Bissau – evacuation of Americans
Kenya and Tanzania – intelligence failure & U.S. attacked; American lives lost
Afghanistan and Sudan – tomahawk strikes with negligible effects
East Timor - peacekeeping
Yemen – intelligence failure, USS Cole attacked; American lives lost
Philosophy:
Seems to be to contain conflict if and only if a consensus and coalition can be reached and allies can be found to help. In all other cases, evacuate Americans and get out of the way of those who don’t like us.
Job Fitness:
As Undersecretary, then Secretary of the Navy, showed himself to be unprepared to provide any leadership or oversight to the military. Running at the first sign of danger is not a strategy.
MOCKBADOC’s Final Opinion:
This selection will undoubtedly embolden our enemies and put Americans at risk. Well, American civilians, that is.
The military that remains after the inevitable drastic DOD budget cuts, will be safely on base for at least four years.
MOCKBADOC believes that Richard Danzig would be a weak, do-nothing pushover as Secretary of Defense, just like he was as Secretary of the Navy.
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