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EXCLUSIVE: RUMSFELD UNLOADS (Drudge Report)
Drudge Report ^ | 2/2/11 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 02/02/2011 4:06:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Long-awaited, from-the-hip memoir offers raw, unvarnished look at eight decades of history

"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."

So declares former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in his news book 'KNOWN AND UNKNOWN'.

In the book, which streets next week, Rumsfeld details his half-century career in and around the ring -- and West Wing.

It is based not only on Rumsfeld's memory but also on hundreds of previously unreleased documents from throughout his career.

Now only the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal:

# Rumsfeld warned in 2001 of Afghan “swamp” and “not to make a career out of transforming Afghanistan;” parts ways with neocons on use of military to spread democracy around the world

# Lashes out at Clinton, Kerry, Biden for flip-flops on Iraq: “You wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with them.”

# Disputes Powell’s claim that he was “duped” by administration on Iraq WMD, says Powell was no Bush administration “maverick”

# Bashes CNN for concealing Saddam's crimes against humanity prior to start of war

# Document: Rumsfeld pressed for more troops in Tora Bora to get bin Laden in 2001

# Says biggest regret not insisting on resigning after Abu Ghraib

# Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”

# Shares his side of a decades long feud with Bush 41

# Aide tells Rumsfeld on 9/11: “You’re a son of a bitch.” Lives to tell the tale

# Had young Geraldo Rivera arrested in 1970s student protest, when he was known as Jerry Rivers

# Describes surprising encounter with Elvis in The King’s Las Vegas dressing room

# Recounts weird meetings with a confused President-elect Jimmy Carter

# Kissinger during last days of Watergate: “Rummy, we don’t even argue with Nixon anymore”

'KNOWN AND UNKNOWN' ranked #2,064 on AMAZON's hit parade Wednesday evening.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: donaldrumsfeld; donrumsfeld; drudge; exclusive; rummy; rumsfeld; secdef; unloads
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1 posted on 02/02/2011 4:06:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Rummy’s the kind of guy I’d feel safe going hunting with, unlike Dark Cheney. :-)


2 posted on 02/02/2011 4:07:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Clinton, Kerry, Biden: “You wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with them.”

For more reasons than one.


3 posted on 02/02/2011 4:08:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: NormsRevenge
Rumsfeld warned in 2001 of Afghan “swamp” and “not to make a career out of transforming Afghanistan;”

It's a QUAGMIRE.

parts ways with neocons on use of military to spread democracy around the world

Parts ways with them? When?

4 posted on 02/02/2011 4:09:37 PM PST by Huck (one per center)
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To: NormsRevenge
Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”

LOL. Nail on the head.

5 posted on 02/02/2011 4:09:59 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: NormsRevenge

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6 posted on 02/02/2011 4:10:52 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: NormsRevenge
And man could he ZOT idiot reporters.


7 posted on 02/02/2011 4:11:01 PM PST by McGruff (If you are catching alot of flak, you must be on target!)
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8 posted on 02/02/2011 4:11:10 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: McGruff

Sounds like a good book...


9 posted on 02/02/2011 4:12:11 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: NormsRevenge

This a book I will buy and read.


10 posted on 02/02/2011 4:12:35 PM PST by WHBates
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To: NormsRevenge

Both Cheney and Rumsfeld are fine on hunting ....just make sure your a shooter and not a shootee


11 posted on 02/02/2011 4:12:48 PM PST by woofie
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To: NormsRevenge

Cool stuff. This sounds like it should be a pretty interesting book.


12 posted on 02/02/2011 4:13:56 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: BenLurkin

Clinton, Kerry, Biden: “You wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with them....

Be good to be in a foxhole with Cheney and Rummy.


13 posted on 02/02/2011 4:14:07 PM PST by Hang'emAll
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14 posted on 02/02/2011 4:14:51 PM PST by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I consider Rumsfeld and Cheney ‘The Dream Team’.


15 posted on 02/02/2011 4:15:32 PM PST by griswold3 (We defend conservatism by our very way of life.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I don’t buy the political memoirs. This one and US Grants go on mh buy list.


16 posted on 02/02/2011 4:15:42 PM PST by Thebaddog (Shakey Jake said, " The hippies will never survive!")
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To: pissant; NormsRevenge
Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”

That would explain the 'rift' that appeared between them that the McCain STAFF blamed on Sarah Palin.

17 posted on 02/02/2011 4:16:29 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Thebaddog

http://www.amazon.com/Known-Memoir-Donald-Rumsfeld/dp/159523067X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296692072&sr=1-1


18 posted on 02/02/2011 4:17:59 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: NormsRevenge
Obama, you worthless lump..."


19 posted on 02/02/2011 4:21:47 PM PST by mylife (Opinions: $1.00 ~ Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: NormsRevenge

# Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa....didn’t even see this one coming. JK (just kidding)


20 posted on 02/02/2011 4:21:53 PM PST by oust the louse (When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.)
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