Donald Rumsfeld book admits 'misstatements' over WMD sites

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

The former US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, admits in his memoirs that he made a mistake in claiming that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction sites round Baghdad and Tikrit, one of the main justifications for launching the Iraq invasion.

Rumsfeld says now: "I made a misstatement." What he meant to say is there were 'suspect sites'.

The incident is one of many in the 815-page autobiography, Known and Unknown, in which he seeks to revise the history of the Bush administration on issues ranging from Iraq to the Guantánamo detention centre.

Rumsfeld is one of the most controversial figures of the Bush era and his autobiography has long been awaited. The Guardian obtained an advance copy.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/08/donald-rumsfeld-book-misstatements-wmd

[mike_c]

1. who in their right mind would read 815 pages of narcissistic horse hockey from Rummy...?

:shrug:

[sofa king]

3. Someone with a crappy job.

Someone, somewhere, is probably tasked with cross-referencing all the lies in Bush's book against all the lies in Rumsfeld's book (and everyone else's) to see which lies they all agree on.

Those are the things they're really lying about.

Edit: To continue: There are plenty of reasons to hire some guy to do that, but one interesting reason that comes to mind is this: there is a trillion dollars missing, including millions and millions in cash. Identifying which lies Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney and Bush all agree on can offer a point from which a thread of truth can be extracted, and one or more of those threads might lead to some or all of that money, which of course is completely off the books and tax free for the person crazy enough to think it can be taken away from the most evil people on earth.

[Cleita]

2. Misstatements? Like in, he lied? n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

8. Yes, in plain, everyday language

LIED

[unkachuck]

4. "I made a misstatement."

....hey rummy, how many innocent men, women and children have been slaughter because of your 'misstatements'?....hope you rot in hell....

....Are we still in Iraq?....rummy would be proud....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. WHy isn't this criminal bastard being indicted?!?!

[lovuian]

6. misstatement trying LYING!!!!

Liar Liar pants on fire

[Angry Dragon]

7. I guess all those people did not really didn't die in Iraq

How nice it is that he is able to go back and fix his mistakes

[somone]

9. It's like "I inadvertently missent 4,436 U.S. soldiers to their deaths"

along with countless Iraqis

815 pages of Known and Unknown LIES.

[sakabatou]

10. Can we indict him now?

[nyy1998]

11. Did anyone see his interview on ABC last night? Still the same old arrogant prick

Excuse my language.

[Bragi]

12. Hey Rummy, how about a book tour to Europe?

Say Switzerland, where I think they're ready to give you a, ahhh, a hearing.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/europe/08briefs-Switzerland.html>

[yellowcanine]

13. Well there are "misstatements" and then there are BALD FACED LIES.