Rumsfeld: You go to posterity with the reputation you have,

[brazos121200]

not the reputation you wish you had.

"The Associated press noted the departure of Donald Rumsfeld with a curious retrospective, quoting a biographer who suggests that he is a "tragic figure" because of his wasted "talent and promise". But Nixon, who called him a "ruthless little bastard" had Rummy's number from the start. His "talent" was as a political hit man, a vicious insider who would do whatever his bosses wanted.

He was and is a nasty person of shrewd but limited intellect, a bully and a braggart and a bullshit artist. Nobody will miss him.

Do Rumsfeld and his friends regret his public disgrace, which will follow him into the grave? Too bad. They should have thought about that earlier, when he was slandering generals and political opponents alike (for being right), enriching war profiteers, and making one egregious error in judgement after another,...

The only thing that could change the way Rumsfeld is remembered is if more is revealed about his complicity in torture and other war crimes." more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/rumsfeld-you-go-to-post_b_36484.html

I say bring on the investigations, and let's reveal more about his complicity.

[MADem]

1. When Nixon calls you a ruthless little bastard, you have troubles! NT

[rug]

2. and how many have gone to the grave with the leaders we have?

Fuck him and his musings.

[Rex]

3. He's a dick.

Not an asshole or jerk or bigoted pig. He's a dick.

Go talk to 'the enemy'? Sure, when it is prosperous to do so in the 1980s.

"Hey buddy, let's make some money."