Mr. Rumsfeld imploded today. Resignation watch begins, look for an announcement sometime after the election. On his way out, just to be more condescending than Condescenda Rice herself, Rummy taunts a questioner when asked if and when he will decide to spare the lives of further soldiers in a pointless war: "You ought to just back off, take a look at it, relax, understand that it's complicated, it's difficult. Honorable people are working on these things together."
He actually said that. “Relax.”
The Cunning Realist outlined, more than a year ago, fifteen points in which the Iraq war resembles the Vietnam war. Rumsfeld's recent exchange represents two of the fifteen:
# 7. Year after year, our political leaders cited "Vietnamization" as an open-ended goal. As the deaths started to mount, the American public was repeatedly assured that when South Vietnamese troops had been trained in sufficient numbers and were ready to fight on their own, our troops would come home.
#14. During Vietnam, our press became the enemy.
Relax, Mr. Rumsfeld. May I suggest a cozy little condo somewhere on the Carolina coast. Have fun with your time off. Too bad it hadn't come a six years ago.
2 comments:
Ah yes, Rummy. All of us who dare critique the assinine policies of this administration regarding IraqNam need to "back off" and "relax." The arrogance of these folks is nauseating. Unfortunately, as Bush made clear today, his two closest henchmen -- Rummy and Cheney -- are going to be with him for the rest of his time in office.
"Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them," Bush said in an interview with The Associated Press and others.
A fantastic job? !!! Is that like Michael Brown's "heck of a job" after Hurricane Katrina?
Where the rest of us see disaster and chaos, Bush sees good work.
At this point, if you're one of the 33-37% who support Bush, you might as well consider psychiatric care because there may be help for those who are truly delusional.
You called it!
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