Rumsfeld Denies Involvement with Biblical Quotations on Classified Briefings
Well that did not take long. Through an aide, Donald Rumsfeld is completely denying he had anything to do with the addition of Biblical quotes to classified documents pertaining to the Iraq War. Here is an e-mail from the Rumsfeld aide, via Politico:
I love the first line of this e-mail. Apparently some lowly soldier was the one plastering Bible quotes everywhere. This fits perfectly with Rumsfeld's M.O., and the whole Bush administration's really. It was just a small, isolated group of lower rank people doing all of these things. It was just a few bad apples. Uh huh. They really do think we are stupid. Even if it was true someone else was putting the qoutes on the documents, you would think Rumsfeld or whoever would order to take them off. Either way Rumsfeld appears to be a complete incompotent fool. That of course is not breaking news at all.
The slides in the “World Intelligence Update” were prepared on a daily basis by military personnel serving on the Joint Staff, which reported to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, not the Secretary of Defense. The report was briefed regularly to senior military officials in the Pentagon – only occasionally to the Secretary of Defense and not to the President of the United States.Basically this aide is saying that Rumsfeld had nothing to do with Department of Defense classified documents. I beleive him, I mean Rumsfeld was only the Secretary of Defense. He can not be expected to be aware of the classified updates his department was making on an almost daily basis. That would be asking to much from old Donald.
Rumsfeld was fully aware that words and actions could be harmful and counterproductive to the war effort. It’s safe to say that some of these cover slides could be considered in that category. The suggestion that Rumsfeld would have composed, approved of, or personally shown the slides to President Bush is flat wrong. It did not happen.
Given that Draper used anonymous sources for this charge as well as for the rest of the innuendo in his piece, one would think he might have at least done a cursory review of the facts. He might then have avoided being taken by people with an axe grind. When Draper goes back and checks reality against his reporting, he might also check whether GQ is in need of a new gossip columnist.
I love the first line of this e-mail. Apparently some lowly soldier was the one plastering Bible quotes everywhere. This fits perfectly with Rumsfeld's M.O., and the whole Bush administration's really. It was just a small, isolated group of lower rank people doing all of these things. It was just a few bad apples. Uh huh. They really do think we are stupid. Even if it was true someone else was putting the qoutes on the documents, you would think Rumsfeld or whoever would order to take them off. Either way Rumsfeld appears to be a complete incompotent fool. That of course is not breaking news at all.
Posted by Matt at 5/19/2009 1:50 PM 
Categories: Politics
Tags: Crusade War on Terroism Biblical Quotes Idiot Iraq War Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Categories: Politics
Tags: Crusade War on Terroism Biblical Quotes Idiot Iraq War Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Thank you for this Rummy update.
Gee, those miltary underlings sure to come up with the darnedest ideas! "Mission Accomplished." Biblical passages...
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The underlings are telepathic. That is how they knew that sexual humiliation would break the enemy down, especially if there was homosexuality involved. It was also how they knew the prisoners were terrified of poisonous insects being placed in a small space with enemy combatants. It was also how they knew that degrading the enemy's religion was also a neat game.
The underlings were such tricksters. They could make them believe they were drowning, (suffocating,) trick them into believing the floor beneath them was electrified, and so many other fascinating and original means of tormenting unarmed, defenseless, outnumbered, restrained human beings.
"How glorious," said the proud knave. "We are superior," screamed the racist knave. "And so deserving," (suspect, guilty, innocent, soldier, farmer, terrorist alike,) yelled the demented knave.
Some Iraqis were sold into captivity by warlords. Did anyone "know" the role some Iraqis played during the invasion? Defender of one's home and family from invading aggressors - Americans are told that this particular type of Iraqi did not exist at all.
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"It was just a small, isolated group of lower rank people doing all of these things. It was just a few bad apples." Great insight Matt.
"Uh huh. They really do think we are stupid." Well yeah. How else explain Republican ascendancy for all those years of Reagan, Bush, Bush, Gingrich, Limbaugh, and countless others determined to destroy this country.
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