You miss the point...your comment is meaningless without the assumption that Rummie just now realized this. That’s the basis of your entire comment, and it’s absurd.
Rumsfeld was probably the smartest person in the Bush Administration, and he damned sure was the only one who would dish it back to the press. As such, weenie Rove and weenie Bush threw him under the bus in an attempt to get some good PR for their own sorry hides. Ever the good soldier, Rummy took it like a man.
To buy into the liberal definition of Rumsfeld has no place on a conservative forum. Rumsfeld can be called a lot of things, but dummy dadgummed sure ain’t one of them.
Look, You’re obviously not familiar with the nuances of the language. And seem hell bent getting your anger, jollies out of your systemn. To say, Rumsfeld took 12 years to finally conclude... is not a literal assessment of what he actually believed. It’s a figure of speech not to be taken literally. My God. To get up in the morning the way you have is kind of scary. You might try extra-strength Ex-lax.
If Rumsfeld was so damn smart why did he refuse to listen to Shinseki and Jones when they told him they needed a larger force? Why did he go along with the dumbass move to disband the Iraqi army? There were a ton of huge mistakes made in the execution of the invasion and occupation. Rumsfeld shares in much of the blame. Rumsfeld was not well liked by many in the military, and were very happy to see him go. This Marine did a little jig when Rumsfeld walked away.