Donald Rumsfeld comes out of his bunker to criticize President Obama (what else is new!)
From Politico
“I think after spending that amount of time, that number of years and that much money — we increased the special operations forces by about 50 percent. We increased their budget. We increased their equipment. And they develop these skill sets and improve the intelligence capability of our country,” he said. “And finally, when all that comes together, to not make that decision, it seemed to me, would just be dumbfounding. I can’t imagine any president not making that decision. That’s not to say it wasn’t a huge accomplishment. It was.”
“But not a — but in your mind, not a tough decision,” Van Susteren said.
“No,” Rumsfeld replied. “Not at all.”
Except that in 2005, he rejected a plea from military to take the No 2 in AQ.
From the
2007 NY Timesarticle
But the mission was called off after Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the defense secretary, rejected an 11th-hour appeal by Porter J. Goss, then the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said. Members of a Navy Seals unit in parachute gear had already boarded C-130 cargo planes in Afghanistan when the mission was canceled, said a former senior intelligence official involved in the planning.
Mr. Rumsfeld decided that the operation, which had ballooned from a small number of military personnel and C.I.A. operatives to several hundred, was cumbersome and put too many American lives at risk, the current and former officials said. He was also concerned that it could cause a rift with Pakistan, an often reluctant ally that has barred the American military from operating in its tribal areas, the officials said.
Donald Rumsfeld, Thy name is Coward, Hypocrite, Bully!!!