rumsfeld believed the iraq war would be over quickly, but there was no plan for building a peace. a fierce insurrection followed that claimed thousands of lives. and the pretext for the invasion saddam s weapons of mass destruction. but none were ever found. and rumsfeld struggled to explain why. there are known knowns. there are things we know that we know. there are known unknowns. that is to say, there are things that we now know we don t know. but there are also unknown unknowns. there are things we do not know we don t know. in this so called war on terror, he was prepared to push boundaries, including the treatment of suspected militants. but when these photographs of the brutalisation of iraqi prisoners appeared, there was a backlash. these events occurred on my watch. i am accountable for them and i take
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when no weapons of mass destruction were found, rumsfeld struggled to explain why. there are known knowns. there are things we know that we know. there are known unknowns. that is to say there are things that we now know we don t know. but there are also unknown unknowns. there are things we do not know we don t know. he was prepared to push boundaries, including with the treatment of suspected terrorists, but when these photographs of the brutalisation of iraqi prisoners appeared, there was a backlash. these events occurred on my watch. i am accountable for them, and i take full responsibility. but the scandal damaged him, and with his iraq strategy increasingly questioned, he resigned in 2006. donald rumsfeld reshaped the us military and worked to apply its power overseas. he was a man never short of critics,
of the brutalisation of iraqi prisoners appeared, there was a backlash. the events occurred on my watch. i am accountable for them, i and i take full responsibility. but the scandal damaged him, and with his iraq strategy increasingly questioned, he resigned in 2006. donald rumsfeld reshaped the us military and worked to apply its power overseas. he was a man never short of critics, but steadfast in his belief that he acted in america s best interests. donald rumsfeld who has died at the age of 88. ron, i have here a document you have forwarded to me called rumsfeld s rules. rules and reflections that came from my time with gerald ford and my service as white house chief of staff. it is quite a document. lots of advice for staffers in the white house. i
hit the building. he helped move the injured and then planned a way to strike back. rumsfeld believed the iraq war would be over quickly, but there was no plan for building a peace. a fierce insurrection followed that claimed thousands of lives. and the pretext for the invasion saddam s weapons of mass destruction. but none were ever found. and rumsfeld struggled to explain why. there are no knowns. there are things we know that we know. there are no unknowns. that is to say, there are things that we now know we don t know. but there are also unknown unknowns. there are things we do not know we don t know. in this so called war on terror, he was prepared to push boundaries, including the treatment of suspected militants. but when these photographs of the brutalisation