Yesterday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld apologized. Not for rudely telling Americans to “back off” in their criticism of his lousy performance; not for going to war in Iraq without adequately planning for stabilizing the country; not for running the U.S. armed forces into the ground; not even for infecting Bartlett’s with inanities about “unknown unknowns.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=182125