Donald Rumsfeld Reveals Saddam Hussein Targeted His Daughters

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld described what he called an “awkward” moment in a 2003 National Security Meeting when he was told that Saddam Hussein was offering a $60 million bounty to kill Rumsfeld’s daughters.

“I was concerned,” Rumsfeld told me on “GMA” in his first live interview since leaving office in 2006.

“Of course the president and his family had secret service protection. My family did not. And it was a somewhat awkward moment in the meeting,” he said.

The plot also targeted President George W. Bush’s two daughters, Rumsfeld said, and Bush urged him to take it seriously because they had killed Hussein’s sons.

“I made a comment like ‘Thank you’ or something and President Bush looked me in the eye and said ‘You better take this seriously,” he said. “And of course I did take it seriously. But I was also realistic that there was not much one could do about that.”

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2011/02/donald-rumsfeld-reveals-saddam-hussein-targeted-his-daughters.html

[Solly Mack]

1. Yeah, OK.

[bobthedrummer]

37. "There are known unknowns...Stuff happens...Golly gee..."

:nopity:

[Solly Mack]

40. lololol

:hi:

[bobthedrummer]

41. Hi back, my friend

:hi:

[Submariner]

44. And he was such a professional Diplomat that wouldn't think of shaming his country

[KansDem]

2. Yeah, whatever...

:boring:

[Angry Dragon]

3. Did he provide a link for this threat??

[instantkarma]

8. Glenn Beck told him.

[Angry Dragon]

15. Then it must be true

[bobthedrummer]

42. It came directly from the Nazi time machine travelers that talk to Beck.

[wtmusic]

4. The world is better off! The world is better off!

[eleny]

5. According to Common Dreams, Rumsfeld was a very wealthy man...

From a 2002 article...

"Bush Has A Cabinet Full of Wealth"

"The Cabinet member with roughly the same amount of assets as O'Neill is Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Over the past 25 years, Rumsfeld has been chief executive of G.D. Searle & Co. and General Instrument Corp., and served on a number of corporate boards, including the Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune; and Kellogg Co., Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Allstate Corp.

Rumsfeld reported that he is worth between $62.1 million and $115.8 million. Over the past year, he has purchased $5 million to $25 million in the Vanguard Municipal Bond Intermediate Fund and the Bernstein Diversified Municipal Fund, and made smaller investments of $1 million to $5 million in the USAA Tax Exempt Intermediate Term Fund, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and the Fidelity Spartan Total Market Index Fund."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0918-06.htm

My point is that he could well afford some of the best security in the world. Since he was one of the guys who always wanted to go after Iraq, he was also financially prepared to hire the protection necessary given his chosen career path and policies.

[eleny]

9. And P.S.

Considering how he was running the war on the cheap allowing poor equipment to the sons and daughters in the military, trying to milk us for sympathy now regarding his own family's safety is beyond the pale.

[FreakinDJ]

6. With What - A Heat Seeking Moisture Missile

Gimmie a Break Fuck-Wad - you Jack Asses still trying to justify going to War with Iraq

The Whole world knows the intel was cooked or just plain outright lies

[apnu]

7. This further proves that Chimpy and company went to Iraq for personal reasons.

And Iraq has nothing to do with national defense. Those fuckers put their personal interests a head of everything else.

[Javaman]

10. This just in: Saddam wanted to give rumspuke a wedgie.

oh rumspuke, your spinning is dizzying.

[elleng]

11. They both should have resigned.

[Arctic Dave]

12. " Bush urged him to take it seriously because they had killed Hussein’s sons."

Well, you did kill his sons. What the fuck did you think the response would be.

[Playinghardball]

13. Who believes anything that asshole says?

[struggle4progress]

14. Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11 (CBS | 2002)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2002
Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11
Exclusive: Rumsfeld Sought Plan For Iraq Strike Hours After 9/11 Attack
By Joel Roberts

(CBS) CBS News has learned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq — even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks.

That's according to notes taken by aides who were with Rumsfeld in the National Military Command Center on Sept. 11 – notes that show exactly where the road toward war with Iraq began ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml


So Rumsfeld was already targeting innocent Iraqis in 2001. It might also be worth noting that "careful honest attention to detail" still doesn't seem to be his long suit today:


... The book .. features a number of inconsistencies ... Rumsfeld claims an alleged chemical weapons factory in the Kurdish town of Khurmal could have given the administration “the conclusive evidence of an active WMD facility” in Iraq had it not been destroyed when U.S. forces clashed with “terrorists” holed up there. But on the next page, Rumsfeld states Bush’s war council “was wrong” about any such illicit weapons activity ...
In new book, Rumsfeld knows best
By John T. Bennett - 02/08/11 06:23 AM ET
http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/defense-homeland-security/142623-in-new-book-rumsfeld-knows-best

[Dappleganger]

16. Then he proceeded to directly endanger the sons and daughters of the American public...

as his are worth so much more to him.

[closeupready]

29. That's it, in a nutshell.

+1000.

[skyounkin]

17. I completely believe this!!

I mean, everything else he told us was true.

Oh.....wait.....

[orbitalman]

18. Why would ANYONE believe or give credence to this Asses Hole?? n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Sure, that happened just like all those mobile chemical labs.

[peace13]

20. Actions have consequences Rummy.

You killed someones sons and never thought that he might retaliate? Really. Not too smart on your part. You just aren't a thinker I guess. Did you think the American people should pay to protect your kids because you can't think?

[ensho]

21. tit for tat

nt

[Submariner]

22. But...but....they were such good friends

[onehandle]

23. I just found out that Donald Rumsfeld offered a $60 million bounty on our cats.

I can make shit up too.

[PfcHammer]

24. Was this the Brazillian meeting?

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. Yes, when their families are threatened, they take it seriously

But they could give less of a shit when it comes to other people's families.

FOAD, Rumsfeld and Bush, you pieces of shit.

[defendandprotect]

26. More likely, the other way around .... !!

[goforit]

27. That comment and 2 cents won't even get you a cup of coffee

[quinnox]

28. Oh, well then, that makes it all worthwhile!

The trillions of dollars spent and thousands of deaths to protect your daughters, quite a bargain. :eyes:

[liberation]

30. ... and how many sons and daughters of other people has Rumsfeld sent to their graves?

Well, the good news is that technically Rumsfeld is not a sociopath since he has a sense of "empathy." But it is limited to his own kin apparently.

[ensho]

31. kick - rummy's hands drip blood

nt

[bloomington-lib]

32. Rumsfelf spent a trillion dollars to kill Saddam and his family

[AlbertCat]

33. Why would Saddam Hussein targeted his own daughters???

And who writes headlines these day?

[nyy1998]

34. Bullshit nt

[AzDar]

35. Donald Rumsfeld lied us into war. He killed A LOT of sons and daughters.

Asshat. :grr:

[alp227]

38. yeah what a hypocrite

similarly "Bush calls Saddam 'the guy who tried to kill my dad'" (9/27/2002):

President Bush leveled harsh criticism Thursday at the Senate on homeland security issues, but he revised his stump speech to make clear "there are fine senators from both parties who care deeply about our country."

And, in discussing the threat posed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Bush said: "After all, this is the guy who tried to kill my dad."

[Judi Lynn]

36. Yeah? He would have had a hard time catching them if they were like their dear old dad!

http://www.unicyclist.org.nyud.net:8090/pics/DonaldRumsfeld.jpg

White lightning!

[florida08]

39. geez he still lies

Bremer requested more troops in 2003 but Rumsfeld doesn't remember it. I do..reports were that it was ignored. Now he says he was constantly asking do we need more troops and everyone agreed they didn't. Ok Bush..which is it.

[bobthedrummer]

43. The Unrec crew has focused on this thread too K&R n/t

[Blue_Tires]

45. And the campaign to re-write the history of 2000-08 continues in full force

All we need now is Pearle and Wolfowitz to give exclusive interviews on how just the invasion was and it will be a family reunion...

[Matariki]

46. " and Bush urged him to take it seriously because they had killed Hussein’s sons"

because THAT was so cool.

[Bragi]

47. Well finally, it all makes sense

:sarcasm:

[Nossida]

48. Absurd

When will the lies stop?

The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
But millions will believe anything they are told.

let us not forget, both of Saddam's Son were murdered.
No trial, no charges, and then displayed on Video feed
to the World. No part of Democracy there.

[24601]

50. Yes, they were angelic innocents who never did anything wrong in

their tragic lives. In fact, they were repeatedly raped by myriad Iraqi women and forced to accept millions of plundered loot from the Iraqi treasury. No doubt, they were going to safeguard it for the people of Iraq.

Oh, fuck - never mind - that was someone else - it slipped my mind that the Hussein lads were killed in a firefight after they declined to surrender.

[rooboy]

49. Hard to believe since the Rumsfelds and Husseins were family friends. n/t

[Arkana]

51. "He tried to kill my dad!"

This defense sounded dumb as hell when Dubya used it and it sounds almost as dumb when Rummy uses it.