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26. Yes, the remark reminded me of when Donald Rumsfeld said exactly that

in regard to U.S. troops in Iraq.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-04-16-0404151252-story,amp.html

..."Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the likely Democratic presidential candidate, who criticized the administration for a lack of planning and the impact of altered plans on troops, seized on Rumsfeld's comment that troops could be moved around in Iraq because "people are fungible."

"Secretary Rumsfeld's comment that 'people are fungible' is further indication of this administration's continuing disregard for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day in Iraq," Kerry said. "Secretary Rumsfeld has it wrong. Troops are not chess pieces to be moved on a board. They are real people with families and loved ones who depend on them."


Kerry charged the administration had failed to equip troops with adequate body and vehicle armor and criticized the decision to extend combat service beyond the one-year limit troops had been promised.

"Our troops are asked to serve in an action where the administration can't even tell them what the plan is to move forward," Kerry said."