It would be Nice if he was kidding, but unfortunately he's not.
So here's Dumbsfeld's latest plan for Iraq:
Ok. Without batting an eyelash, anyone reading this would first be floored by how amazingly stupid this statement is. But let's, just for fun, actually unpack it a bit. First, it is basically saying that the new strategy is a war of attrition, much like...VIET-FUCKING-NAM! I am the product of the American public educational system, so my 10th (which would have been in the early 90's) grade history books didn't know how the Vietnam war turned out, but I've seen Platoon and I'm thinking maybe the ourcome wasn't so great. Further, if we are going to be fighting a war of attrition, the problem is that our troops will be there longer and getting killed every so often...not to mention all of the civilian casualties. That's not good. Actually, come to think of it, that fucking sucks! Then there's the whole thing about about Iraqi's growing tired of getting killed. Gee, Dummy...I'm not too sure about this one. Maybe, just maybe, what will happen is that they'll just get really pissed off because they keep getting killed and the insurgency will grow in popularity. Oh, wait...too late! Point well taken Dummy. That is, unless Iraqis could get more pissed of than they are now. But that's not possible, is it? I mean, there's gotta be some pissed-off ceiling of sorts.
Then there's the whole think with the security forces. Well...the first thing that comes to mind is that if the insurgents can get tired of getting killed, then maybe so can Iraqi security forces....Oh, fuck it! The guy's a fucking moron.
Here's a little poem, since I know Rummy fancies himself a poet:
Ode to Rummy
by Barwise
Our Secretary of State is Donald Rumsfeld
But all his neo-con buddies
With whom he is quite chummy, all call him Rummy, for short
I am not a neo-con and I'm certainly not his buddy
I call him Donald Dumsfeld
For short it's just Dummy
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cast it a little differently this week, at a
news conference in Missouri. Iraq is making progress, he said. At some point the
Iraqis will get tired of getting killed and we'll have enough of the Iraqi
security forces that they can take over responsibility for governing that
country, he said.
Ok. Without batting an eyelash, anyone reading this would first be floored by how amazingly stupid this statement is. But let's, just for fun, actually unpack it a bit. First, it is basically saying that the new strategy is a war of attrition, much like...VIET-FUCKING-NAM! I am the product of the American public educational system, so my 10th (which would have been in the early 90's) grade history books didn't know how the Vietnam war turned out, but I've seen Platoon and I'm thinking maybe the ourcome wasn't so great. Further, if we are going to be fighting a war of attrition, the problem is that our troops will be there longer and getting killed every so often...not to mention all of the civilian casualties. That's not good. Actually, come to think of it, that fucking sucks! Then there's the whole thing about about Iraqi's growing tired of getting killed. Gee, Dummy...I'm not too sure about this one. Maybe, just maybe, what will happen is that they'll just get really pissed off because they keep getting killed and the insurgency will grow in popularity. Oh, wait...too late! Point well taken Dummy. That is, unless Iraqis could get more pissed of than they are now. But that's not possible, is it? I mean, there's gotta be some pissed-off ceiling of sorts.
Then there's the whole think with the security forces. Well...the first thing that comes to mind is that if the insurgents can get tired of getting killed, then maybe so can Iraqi security forces....Oh, fuck it! The guy's a fucking moron.
Here's a little poem, since I know Rummy fancies himself a poet:
Ode to Rummy
by Barwise
Our Secretary of State is Donald Rumsfeld
But all his neo-con buddies
With whom he is quite chummy, all call him Rummy, for short
I am not a neo-con and I'm certainly not his buddy
I call him Donald Dumsfeld
For short it's just Dummy
posted by Barwise at 7:29 PM
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