Donald Rumsfeld, former defense secretary, dies at 88

[ItsjustMe]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-rumsfeld-dies-former-defense-secretary-age-88/?ftag=CNM-00-10aba5f

Donald Rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense who oversaw the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq and a longtime Republican foreign policy hand, has died at the age of 88, his family said in a statement Wednesday.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather," the statement said. "At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico."

Rumsfeld first served as defense secretary from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford before entering the private sector. He served a second time from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.

[Ocelot II]

1. They say one should not speak ill of the dead, so...

[rurallib]

2. !

[underpants]

3. Well that's a known known then isn't it

[lagomorph777]

13. I don't know, is it?

[Skittles]

4. he was never held accountable

[peppertree]

6. He - and several others.

"What we did bothered me this much." "That much, huh?"

[Skittles]

7. BUSH INC, I called them

throw Bolton in there

[peppertree]

12. Crimes against America - and Humanity

But that's how they roll.

[mahina]

5. .

Mistakes were made.

[Atticus]

8. The date of his death was one of those "known unknowns".

Now we know.

[RockRaven]

9. He will never get the punishment he deserves for his extensive depraved behavior.

That seems to be the trend.

[SamKnause]

10. Good.

[Harker]

11. The world has become more peaceful. n/t

[SCantiGOP]

14. I'll plagiarize a 60 year old statement:

The Committee to horsewhip Donald Rumsfeld is hereby disbanded, responsibility having shifted to a higher authority.

(The original was from William F Buckley upon the death of Drew Pearson, a liberal icon at the Chicago Tribune.)

[LT Barclay]

15. Well Dick Cheney, your appointment with hell is past due.

I don't believe in whitewashing the past because someone has died. So I'll say:

[Paladin]

16. "You go to hell with the soul you have, not the soul you might wish you had."

That's from Doktor Zoom's splendid write-up in Wonkette.com. Worth your time to read the whole thing.