What on earth is Don Rumsfeld talking about here? Can someone please explain how Secretary of Defense can write this garbage:
The rationale for a free and democratic Iraq is as compelling today as it was three years ago. A free and stable Iraq will not attack its neighbors, will not conspire with terrorists, will not pay rewards to the families of suicide bombers and will not seek to kill Americans.Though there are those who will never be convinced that the cause in Iraq is worth the costs, anyone looking realistically at the world today -- at the terrorist threat we face -- can come to only one conclusion: Now is the time for resolve, not retreat.
No, Secretary Rumsfeld, the "only one conclusion" that we can come to is that you, sir, are delusional. In your own unique lingo, what we have here is a "known unknown" - that is, we have no idea how in bloody hell you could ever have become Defense Secretary in the first place, let alone kept your job after completely botching things the past 3 years. Only in the Bush Administration could someone as utterly incompetent and clueless as you be kept on as Secretary of Defense, especially when you write utter nonsense like your editorial in the Washington Post and prove you have absolutely no clue. Hey Rummy, you're doing a heck of a job!