My favorite Rumsfeld quotes

[BlueAwards]

"We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead."

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

"I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work."

"If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly."

"Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning."

[marmar]

1. And don't forget the inimitable classic:

"As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know."

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

[Dancing_Dave]

2. Then there was the one about the "missle" which hit the Pentagon

Does he know something about 9/11 that we don't? Can he keep a secret?

[radar]

3. "People are fungible."

In his news conference Thursday, Rumsfeld, responding to a reporter's question about why more troops were needed when the situation in the south of Iraq had largely stabilized, said “the reason it is contained is because we have the extra troops there. That is self-evident. Come on, people are fungible. You can have them here or there.”
20,000 troops see Iraq duty extended 90 days
Move breaks earlier pledge to soldiers of one-year tour
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4739978/

Pentagon Re-Ups 20,000 Troops for 90 More Days in Iraq; Euro Leaders Reject Bin Laden Truce Offer
Aired April 15, 2004 - 13:57ET
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0404/15/lol.04.html


"DEFENSE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was offensive enough when he intimated last week that US troops were as interchangeable as automotive factory parts....The Bush administration has used the term "fungible" before."
Rumsfeld's 'Fungible' Facts
by Derrick Z. Jackson
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0421-02.htm

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

4. Here's some audio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/rumsfeld.shtml

[hootinholler]

5. I like the known knowns so here's my second fave...

"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." --Donald Rumsfeld

-Hoot