The Chaotic Genius Of Donald Rumsfeld

The Federalist ^ | July 1, 2021 | Ben Domenech

[mjp]

For decades now, we’ve gone to war with the leadership class we have, not the one we want

Some people think about man as he is, while others dream about man as he could be or should be

[Captain Walker]

If he had said this quote in an undergraduate philosophy class, we might all marvel at it.

But he said this as part of the Bush Administration's propaganda about the threat Iraq posed, which would eventually lead to a Very Stupid War and the loss of some 4,500 Americans. (For this reason alone it deserves every bit of contempt and ridicule that we can muster for it.)