Donald Rumsfeld
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"...there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know." —philosopher Donald Rumsfeld, on the state of the CIA's intelligence on Iraq
Donald "Don" Rumsfeld was, according to William Kristol, "not a good Defense Secretary" and Kristol is "glad he's gone."[1]
Many other people agree with Mr. Kristol's sentiment. Which is a first for Mr. Kristol.
One of the true-blue neoconservatives, he was Chief of Staff and then Secretary of Defense in the Gerald Ford administration. For some unknown reason George W. Bush attempted to resurrect his career 25 years later as Secretary of Defense. Real bad move. However, we must all give him credit for his mad kung-fu skillz.
Rumsfeld's quote above is similar to if not verbatim from Werner Erhard. So, for that matter, is the quote below. Hmm...
"You don't go to war with the Army you wish you had, you go to war with the Army you have." —Donald Rumsfeld, um, "supporting" the troops
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[edit] External links
- The poetry of Donald Rumsfeld
- Rumsfeldisms
