Fun With Rummy...



I don't know how many of you caught this, but Rumsfeld got DEMOLISHED by some exceptionally difficult questions regarding, well, the truth. You remember the truth, right? Go here to see the video.

Let's take a look at the transcript, shall we?

QUESTION: Why did you lie to get us into a war that caused these kind of casualties and was not necessary?

RUMSFELD: Well, first of all, I haven’t lied. I did not lie then. Colin Powell didn’t lie. He spent weeks and weeks with the Central Intelligence Agency people and prepared a presentation that I know he believed was accurate, and he presented that to the United Nations. The president spent weeks and weeks with the Central Intelligence people and he went to the American people and made a presentation. I'm not in the intelligence business.

Trust me, no one accused you of possesing intelligence. What's unfortunate is that you're not in the "being a capable Secretary of Defense business" either. See, that's where we could use some help. Also, I love how he appeals to Colin Powell, a man that people actually see as having some integrity.

RUMSFELD (continued): They gave the world their honest opinion. It appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction there.

It appears that perhaps, maybe, in light of what is known, lacking better information, possibly, that there were not weapons of mass destuction there. We think.

QUESTION: You said you knew where they were.

Oh, Snap!

RUMSFELD: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were and –

Pssst! Rummy! It's hard to deny lying when you're lying to cover up the fact that you were lying.

QUESTION: You said you knew where they were-- Tikrit, Baghdad, northeast, south, west of there. Those are your words.

Double Snap! (Actually Rummy's exact words were: "We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." Unfortunately for him, that's close enough not to make a fucking bit of difference.)

RUMSFELD: My words — my words were that — no, no, wait a minute, wait a minute. Let him stay one second. Just a second.

This is my favorite part of the video. Rumsfeld looks completely lost and then the security guards move in to eject the offending party until they're waved off by a Secretary of Defense who looks as though he's just peed his pants.

QUESTION: This is America.

RUMSFELD: You’re getting plenty of play, sir.

Is he trying to sound magnanamous here?

QUESTION: I’d just like an honest answer.

RUMSFELD: I’m giving it to you.

I'd hate to see what an evasive answer full of lies looks like.