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Good thing Rumsfeld’s gone

Because that man was out of his fucking mind. Seriously. For months I’ve been reading from my questionable internet sources that their questionable real-world sources in the military were actively questioning Rumsfeld’s sanity, but this New Yorker article seems to legitimize what’s been whispered. Here’s a telling excerpt which quotes Rumsfeld’s longtime friend, Kenneth Adelman:

“I suggested that we were losing the war,” Adelman said. “What was astonishing to me was the number of Iraqi professional people who were leaving the country. People were voting with their feet, and I said that it looked like we needed a Plan B. I said, ‘What’s the alternative? Because what we’re doing now is just losing.’ ”

Adelman said that Rumsfeld didn’t take to the message well. “He was in deep denial—deep, deep denial. And then he did a strange thing. He did fifteen or twenty minutes of posing questions to himself, and then answering them. He made the statement that we can only lose the war in America, that we can’t lose it in Iraq. And I tried to interrupt this interrogatory soliloquy to say, ‘Yes, we are actually losing the war in Iraq.’ He got upset and cut me off. He said, ‘Excuse me,’ and went right on with it.”

Now picture that scene:

Adelman: Rummy, my old friend, I’m concerned. People in Iraq are voting with their feet. They’re leaving the country. What’s plan B? It’s starting to look like were losing this war.

Rumsfeld: Are we losing the war? No we’re not losing the war. Could we lose the war? The only way we lose is if we lose faith in America. Stay the course, that’s how to win. What about me? I’m doing a great job…. (talking continues)

(15 minutes later)

Adelman: Umh… yes we are actually losing the war in Iraq.

Rumsfeld: Excuse me, I was talking. Are we losing the war? No we are not losing the war. Things are going fine in Iraq. So you have to break a few eggs to make a democracy? Yes that’s exactly what I was saying. I’m glad you agree…