Yahoo! News Message Boards Politics News: "Rummy's Annual Review
by: emmanual_goldstein_1984 (45/M/Oceana) 05/07/04 12:06 pm
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List of objectives for Donald H. Rumsfeld:


Objective: Assess Iraqi threat to US.

Result: Rummy told us Saddam's WMD were an imminent threat to America and we had to go to war.

Assessment: Rummy failed.


Objective: Assess length and difficulty of a war in Iraq.
Result: Rummy told us that his Pentagon planners were sure that the war would be fast and cheap.

Assessment: Rummy failed.

Objective: Abide by the Geneva conventions.
Result: People under his command committed acts of torture, but he claims it's not his fault.

Assessment: Rummy failed.


Mr. Rumsfeld, why should you retain your position as Defense Secretary? "