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Wow, Donald Rumsfeld has outdone even himself. Video here. Story here.

Now, I’m doing my best to put myself in the poor secretary’s shoes. I helped launch the most ill-advised war in modern history, I helped put in place policies that from the outset led to a chaotic situation in Iraq, and have resisted every call in the 3.5 years since to try a different approach. On top of these great calamities, almost everyone has been calling on my boss to fire me for a long time now.

But doesn’t it betray your stern resolve and ultimate manliness to tell a bunch of reporters asking legitimate questions about a thing as serious as war to “back off”? I mean, aren’t you basically tendering your resignation with such a defensive comment?

“First of all, it has the benefit of being true…that it’s wrong,” Rumsfeld said with such Bushian aplomb and aptitude.

Of course, with George W. Bush as his superior, there’s no risk in Rumsfeld’s receiving a pink slip anytime soon. I have a feeling Laura and Barney may cave on Iraq before the stodgy old curmudgeon at the Pentagon.
And so the world must continue its suffering at the hands of the inept…

PS: I cross-categorized this post as “journalism” because of Rumsfeld’s effrontery of the press today.

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