http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/35855/ It's contagious.
Rumsfeld: ...it appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction there. McGovern: You said you knew where they were. Rumsfeld: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were and... McGovern: You said you knew where they were. Tikrit, Baghdad, northeast, south, west of there. Those are your words. Man, did McGovern screw the pooch on this one. What Rummy actually said was: "We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." See the wording? The way it's all out of order and inexact? Unfortunately, much as he was thrown off his game and forced to lie to cover his earlier lie and then lie again when it came to al Qaeda/Saddam connections, Rumsfeld gets to play the part of the elder statesman to the sheep-like audience who boo and want McGovern kicked out. No no, Rummy says, keep him in
here. The following questioner, unfortunately cut off at the end of the
video, couldn't have been more advantageous, all but urinating on
McGovern and fellating the Secretary. Rummy called out in Atlanta!
(Crooks & Liars) Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq. He also tries to use the troops in his defense, a terrible strategy, but not uncommon unfortunately. Notice, at the end of the clip, Ray gets vilified for asking Rumsfeld some pointed questions. We can't have that, no-no-no.... |