From the people who broke the world 20 years ago -

[kpete]

The Rumsfeld memos you probably haven't seen
A war criminal who knew his medium, gone about 20 years too late.

Rumsfeld memos - perfectly captures the intellectual confidence and capacity of the people who broke the world 20 years ago:

https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5280e33f-0e79-4348-85b3-915991bd4595_1004x624.png

and this one:
https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F802666b4-2d15-4ca7-bb4d-8c4f8a758b8e_1330x752.png


and more:

Link to tweet

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https://www.trashberg.com/p/the-rumsfeld-memos-you-probably-havent

[Brother Buzz]

1. Rumsfeld, the ass, wrote standing up so his brain could breath

[Kid Berwyn]

7. The original stand-up desk.

FTR: Doug Feith, Gen. Tommy Franks observed, is the dumbest fucking man on the planet.

[7wo7rees]

2. Damn! Just damn them all!!! The king of known and unknowns!!

I started to write n/t

There is so much more to say and I'm so angry, I'm at a loss. If I said what I'm feeling I would probably be banned.

[Budi]

3. Aaagggh! Evil run amok. Rumsfeld & Wolfowitz

[7wo7rees]

4. Damn! Just damn them all!!! The king of known and unknowns!!

I started to write n/t

There is so much more to say and I'm so angry, I'm at a loss. If I said what I'm feeling I would probably be banned.

[underpants]

5. A Poe's and cons list? Didn't he have an assistant of some kind or a team?

Shouldn’t a list have been waaaaay back in the process?

Lots of the other things (like basic research) are simple lists that an underling way below Wolfowitz’s level Should be handling. This is how he spent his time?

[monkeyman1]

6. me think's the shit is hitting fan !!