Rumsfeld Rumminations
Washington DC: It's official, after the war in Afghanistan, the ongoing war in Iraq, the overseeing of Guantanamo Bay Jail and the horrific events at Aby Ghraib, it was merely a mid-term election that saw Donald Rumsfeld up and packing out of the whitehouse.
During his farewell press announcement, the multi-millionare Rumsfeld made no apologies for the violence in Iraq, after all, "Stuff happens... it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things (1)".
As Defence Secretary, many argue he wielded a level of influence close to Robert McNamara who served during the Vietnam War Years. Rumsfeld was quick to remind us that despite rumours of CIA inefficiency, the US information gathering was top notch, "We know where they are... they're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat (2)."
Along with the mantra of freedom, American independance was a strong underlying theme in Rumsfeld's speech. He especially took the time to remind the audience that America will not bow to outside pressures, "Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe (3)."
Finally when asked how on earth Idol funny man Chris Murhpy was voted out in preference of pretty boy Dean Gyer, Rumself could only conclude with, "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones (4)."
We're just assuming that he doesn't know.
1 - Mr Rumsfeld 11 April,2003
2 - Mr Rumsfeld 30 March, 2003
3 - Mr Rumsfeld 22 January, 2003
4 - Mr Rumsfeld 12 February, 2002
Thankyou to news.com.au for finding the great Rumsfeld quotes!
During his farewell press announcement, the multi-millionare Rumsfeld made no apologies for the violence in Iraq, after all, "Stuff happens... it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things (1)".
As Defence Secretary, many argue he wielded a level of influence close to Robert McNamara who served during the Vietnam War Years. Rumsfeld was quick to remind us that despite rumours of CIA inefficiency, the US information gathering was top notch, "We know where they are... they're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat (2)."
Along with the mantra of freedom, American independance was a strong underlying theme in Rumsfeld's speech. He especially took the time to remind the audience that America will not bow to outside pressures, "Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe (3)."
I feel the same way
We're just assuming that he doesn't know.
1 - Mr Rumsfeld 11 April,2003
2 - Mr Rumsfeld 30 March, 2003
3 - Mr Rumsfeld 22 January, 2003
4 - Mr Rumsfeld 12 February, 2002
Thankyou to news.com.au for finding the great Rumsfeld quotes!
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I know a lot of people are glad that Rumsfeld is leaving, but I'm not so sure. It's not the man so much as it is the enormous amount of power a person in that position wields. (I'm not defending Rumsfeld's decisions in anything or any way. I'm just saying the next one might not be any better due to the nature of things.)
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Truth be told I think Rumsfeld should have been fired a long time ago, and its nothing personal.
But if you are America, fighting a war in Iraq for freedom, liberty and a better quality of life.
And Abu Ghraib comes out, then someone needs to take a fall, because the knight in shining armour needs to be spotless if people are going to trust him.
Nothing personal, if my Dad was defence secretary and that came up, I'd still be calling for him to resign.
But on a lighter note, all the quotes are real so I thought i'd have a bit of fun with them.
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One dingbat gone, let's hope the rest follow.
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With some they're just slips of the tongue, I know I have let some shocking sentences slide in my time.
For others they're just trying to excuse the inexcusable.
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