Rumsfeld's Chobani bank shot.

    I thought Donald Rumsfeld had been dumped from the shelves long ago for there is no bloated stuffed shirt more worthy of  being removed from our eyesight and consciousness than Rumsfeld--- architect of our unfortunate military intervention in Iraq.   

    Rumsfeld blew his lid on Fox two days ago when it was revealed to him that Obama had just said at a press conference that he, Obama, didn't draw the red line---an admittedly poorly orchestrated remark by Obama in explaining the role of the Presidency in relation to a batch of bad product that, taken as a lot, is the Syrian civil war.

    Later on, at CNN, Rumsfeld blurted and bumbled about that disgraceful occupant of the White House. Unmistakable is the image congruence of Rumsfeld blabbing and the carton of Chobani peach yogurt multiplying like expansion foam in my trash can.    

    The Pentagon should investigate this Chobani phenomenon. No way will I allow this trash can on my property overnight. I'm going to lay it off in a Kroger's dumpster down the street as it is mostly their responsibility and there is no telling how this mess might spill over in ways I cannot anticipate.

    Speaking of trash, no one can trash-talk the President more vociferously than Rumsfeld---especially in the catch-all accusation of "leading from behind". Leaving aside the possible contradictory nature of Rumsfeld's remarks, and the fact that his mind may have bifurcated, and assuming that at least part of his brain is sane, there may have been a purpose to Rumsfeld's rants and oozings---which were more raspberry than the vanilla criticisms of other Neocons who obviously don't want to im-peach Obama while there is still a chance he will fulfill their desire for a major intervention in Syria.

    Perhaps the aim ("purpose" is too strong a word) of Rumsfeld's trash talk was to get Democrats' backs up while encouraging rabid Republican Presidential hopefuls to follow suit and further enervate their innards to the point where they are not viable in the next general election.

    As a possible result then, a sensible white Republican like Christie can be elected in 2016 and the country can get back to reasonable domestic and international decision making---including starting wars without all this fuss. 

    In the meantime Democrats will perhaps remember that they truly do not want to hand the likes of Rumsfeld & Co. a victory over their president and will vote for a military strike, or some measure, to show that the country has a back bone of sorts.

    I think Obama will intervene in Syria in a significant way---an option with which I agree. Though I hope he will intervene in a smart way---in a way that signals to Iran that we are indeed smart, as well as resolved to enforce our red line there. 

    Someone has mentioned setting up a safe zone inside Syria and I don't know how to do that with bombs and missiles. But there must be some good creative options other than "punishing" the Syrian dynasty. As one option, I'll report later about the possibility of dropping exploding cartons of Chobani Greek yogurt on Syria---after I examine the chemical experiment taking place overnight in the Kroger's dumpster.

     

     

      

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    It is so good to see you back! That is all for now, maybe more later. I have ta think more on what you said.


    Hey, Artsy.


    As I said on another thread, as soon as the news goes round the world that the first US bomb has fallen on Syria, every subsequent civilian casualty, every new refugee, every atrocity, every tale of woe, and every day that this war goes on will be blamed on America.

    We will own this conflict, and will be expected to resolve it. On our own. To bring it to an end  a civil war/proxy war, in a way that no one can even imagine, with a plan we do not possess.

    The bombs may be smart, but we aren't if we dip even our little toe into this bloodbath. If Obama's doing this to show he has 'backbone' I say we already know he doesn't on issues where it counts, here at home. Maybe his 'capital' will be expended to the extent that his pending nomination of Larry Summers to the Fed goes down the tubes too.


    Thanks, NCD.

    Larry Summers again---almost as bad as re-visiting Rumsfeld.


    I must have ranted against Rummy fifty times and I only started in 2008. hahahahha

    We know what we know and we dont know what we know....

    This is the guy who made 100 mill on the damn RX for all crap?

    Rummy was just one of those crooks who made all of his money on gov and like Cheney claims to be a capitalist. haahahaha

    Rachel who drives me nuts at times, made it clear.

    If you find yourself in some situation where you need good advice concerning foreign affairs,

    just go ahead and skip whatever cheney or rummy or feith or whatever intend to ADVISE YOU ABOUT!. hhahahahahahahahah

    Really, I understand something about what the teabaggers are talking about.

    DO NOT TRUST ANYONE!

    But to go back to the Cheney Administration in an attempt to receive advice concerning foreign matters? WHAT?

    It is like asking the ghost of Coolidge as to what the answer is to economic security. haahahah

    All is propaganda.

    Facts do not exist.

    There is no truth. Nihilism lasts forever!

    I dunno

     

     


    There's a lot of things about Rumsfeld not to like, but his discussion of the unknown unknowns isn't one of them, in my opinion. I work with safety-critical systems, and one of the hardest tasks is to try to determine what are all the possible ways that the systems can fail. You always need to assume that there are failure modes that have not occurred to anyone.


    You have more than just a point here.

    I mean I fall into motive all the time.

    It is just

    post hoc ergo propter hoc

    I hate these peeps. I KNOW what I should not know and that is that these peeps

    WILL ALWAYS FILL THEIR POCKETBOOKS. 

    hahahahahhaha


    Thanks, Atheist. Would it be fair to say that the Universe is an unknown unknown, or just an unknown? Or an unknown known? In the famous words of Dick Day, I dunno.

    In any case, it's pretty hard for me to cut Rummy a break. Can't remember the exact quote or timing, but my sense is that it was a way of excusing the aftermath of toppling a MidEast dictator without a follow-on plan. He didn't imo say, "...there were failure modes that didn't occur to anyone".,which is clear language, because his aim was obfuscation, not clarification.

     

     


    Mr. Day, I see you are still in good form. "Nihilism lasts forever". Great! Did you pen that or are you plagiarizing the Bible again.?


    The country seems to be suffering war fatigue right now.  That fact isn't going to change no matter how much the neocons bluster around.  As long as there is a sequester here at home, the country will not go along with increased spending on war.  Can we do it smartley?  Who cares when my neighbors are going hungry so the fat cats can hoard more money. That is the mood of the country. 

    You have been missed.  Please don't stay away so long the next time; 


    Many thanks. I just got an internet service at my country location so it's a little easier to participate.

    As far as unknown knowns go, I didn't know until I heard it last night that apparently this "opposition army" controls no territory, not one of the 14 or so cities.


    Duplicate. 


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