Rumsfeld: ‘It Is Not A War on Terror’

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i do think the man is a pussst!


http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Iraq

Rumsfeld: ‘It Is Not A War on Terror’

rumsfeld1_web.jpgIn a new interview posted on Townhall.com, conservative columnist Cal Thomas asks outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, “With what you know now, what might you have done differently in Iraq?” Rumsfeld offers a remarkable response:

I don’t think I would have called it the war on terror. I don’t mean to be critical of those who have. Certainly, I have used the phrase frequently. Why do I say that? Because the word ‘war’ conjures up World War II more than it does the Cold War. It creates a level of expectation of victory and an ending within 30 or 60 minutes of a soap opera. It isn’t going to happen that way. Furthermore, it is not a ‘war on terror.’ Terror is a weapon of choice for extremists who are trying to destabilize regimes and (through) a small group of clerics, impose their dark vision on all the people they can control. So ‘war on terror’ is a problem for me.

Rumsfeld not only used the phrase ‘war on the terror’; he repeatedly criticized anyone who questioned the validity of it.

– “here has been comment in the press of late about whether or not we’re even engaged in a war on terror, or whether our purpose might be better explained in a different manner. Let there be no mistake, we are a nation at war, against terrorist enemies who are seeking our surrender or our retreat. It is a war.” <8/2/05>

– “I would like to say that Iraq is really one of the battle grounds in the global war on terror.” <4/24/06>........MORE......

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1. Call for the rubber truck. And those nice young men in those bright white coats...

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2. Now are these the known knowns or the known unknowns?

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3. The hypcrites in this regime just slay me.

"Its a war on terror, a war on terror..." But not really.

Oh, we never said the threat was imminent.

Oh, we never said stay the course.

Wtf?

Do they think they're on some kinda Rikki Lake makeover show or something?

Explain it to the jury, rummy - mass-murdering liar.

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4. Once again Rummy's concern is appearances and politics

The expectation of victory rather than the obtaining of it.