Word: rumsfeldism
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...elegant scholar with a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago, he helped found the umbrella opposition I.N.C. in 1992, and his political savvy earned him pre-eminence in anti-Saddam exile circles. To his passionate supporters, who include Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, he's a selfless democrat steeped in Western ways who could guide Iraq out of decades of repression...
None of this guarantees that Chalabi will emerge at the top. Several U.S. officials say they hope to institute a rule that those who serve on the I.I.A. cannot run for office in the first elections. In the end, the Defense Department, according to a senior aide to Rumsfeld, is more interested in leaving Iraq quickly than in picking its future leaders. "There will be people with credible claims to be able to lead various parts of the country," he says, "and our view is, Great, let them sort that out." Sorting out Iraq's fractious polity will challenge...
That was a happy moment at the White House, where months of global arm wrestling and weeks of second-guessing were finally shelved. Vice President Dick Cheney said, "The conclusion of the war will mark one of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted." Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the events "breathtaking," even as he was careful not to declare victory while soldiers were still fighting and civilians were still dying and prisoners of war were still missing. "Let there be no doubt," he said. "This is not over, despite all the celebrations on the street...
...resentment and retribution against the network of stoolies, spies and party apparatchiks--is part of the de-Baathification that both critics and proponents of the invasion had insisted would ultimately be necessary. There was no telling how many party leaders had escaped, whether they fled to Syria, as Rumsfeld suggested they had, or were holed up in Tikrit, preparing to mount one last showdown. By the end of the week, the Pentagon was handing out decks of playing cards with the faces of the most-wanted Iraqi leaders, so the soldiers could play go fish...
...families do) with the thought: “They died for their country.” But I would be lying to myself. Those who die in this war will not die for their country. They will die for their government. They will die for Bush and Cheyney and Rumsfeld. And yes, they will die for the greed of the oil cartels, for the expansion of the American empire, for the political ambitions of the President. They will die to cover up the theft of the nation’s wealth to pay for the machines of death...