Rumsfeld: "I Have Not Even Attempted" To Follow What's Happening In Iraq

Think Progress:

In an interview with Fox News last night, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- one of the key architects of the Iraq disaster -- was asked whether he currently "pays attention to specifics about what's going on day to day in Iraq."

Rumsfeld responded by claiming it's impossible to follow events when you're "on the outside." He then added that he doesn't have time to follow what's going on in Iraq because he's too busy with administrative tasks.

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Comments

[MA]

02:33 PM on 09/16/2007

Does Rummy get secret service protection?
Just asking..

[Gumby123]

02:02 PM on 09/16/2007

Operative word - FORMER Secretary of State - even if he did pay attention his opinion or lack thereof doesn't play any part in this present situation.

[wanked]

01:37 PM on 09/16/2007

GOLLY Im goshdarned surprised by this amazing revelation.

[Waterbug]

01:26 PM on 09/16/2007

Rumsfeld’s level of incuriousness about the Iraq war, the intractable disaster of his own making, is sadly not surprising. The fact that Stanford University’s Hoover institute has hired this oblivious villain to serve on a task force of “scholars” and “experts” who will focus on issues pertaining to "ideology and terror" is shocking. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-08-2281984423_x.htm)

Rumsfeld has wasted no time lining up this “prestigious” institute to rewrite history and provide intellectual cover up for his muddled strategy and ineptitude.

Heckuva job, Rummy! Heckuva job, Stanford!

[bedrocklib]

12:27 PM on 09/16/2007

So tell me again why this person, who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths is still walking around looking to make his blood money?

[Mike169]

12:08 PM on 09/16/2007

Don't look now but Bush just flushed your legacy down the toilet.

[Chubbster]

11:46 AM on 09/16/2007

Pathetic, Donald. Is it too confusing for you or too embarrassing?

[TheIndependenceParty]

11:05 AM on 09/16/2007

Now, boys, ... sing along!:

"HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG'S ALL THERE!"
"WHAT THE FUCK DO I CARE"
"WHAT THE FUCK DO I CARE", ...

Love to continue the sing-along, but I've got an interview for a new hire, ... no time, ... no time! ...

[Witchitalineman]

11:04 AM on 09/16/2007

Can you believe this? Is there anyway we can bring him up on crimes against humanity?

[Mark701]

10:57 AM on 09/16/2007

I used to think that trying this turd for warcrimes would be next to impossible.However I just read an article about how the United States under the boy king has lost and continues to lose the ability to use "soft power"
http://www.secure-x-001.net/Secure-X.asp?Direction=Emerging.htm&Site=109&Portal=100&Inline=True&hidetop=true
It seems logical to assume with the loss of US global dominance that other governments will be more willing to try US leaders (if only in absentia) for war crimes.

[bushmocker]

10:48 AM on 09/16/2007

Sounds a lot like who gives a F*#%,doesn't it trolls?You can heap the evidence on and still you're dumb as a rock lemmings.How's the drilling going in the Rockies?Need a another tax writeoff for your Hummer?It's a free country,the marketplace will decide what's right,if yer not fer us,yer aginst us,it takes a court order for a wiretap,we don't torture,two or three months but for sure we're out by six months,the oil will pay for this war,a hundred billion tops,the insurgency's in it's final throes,etc...........DON"T YOU GET IT YET?

[jaschrod]

06:23 AM on 09/16/2007

Rummy is still lying bastard. I personally hope the Muslims do not forget who caused the actions against their people.This goes back many years before 9/11, and Rummy was part of that also.

[loki]

04:43 AM on 09/16/2007

Why should he start paying attention now? He is back in the private sector, probably making money hands over fist due to the war.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

12:39 AM on 09/16/2007

And why should he make any attempt?

He knows as long as Chimpy is in charge, nothing will change.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

12:38 AM on 09/16/2007

You get kicked out of running the war with the interest in reality you have, not the interest in reality you might wish you had.