Rumsfeld: "27 years ago today, I met with Saddam Hussein"

[sabra]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/12/20/donald-rumsfeld-teases-the-twitterati/

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sure knows how to use social media. In an update posted on his Twitter account today, the two-time Pentagon chief posted a link to the famous photo of him shaking hands with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1983.

Rummy’s take, in 140 characters or less? “27 years ago today, I met with Saddam Hussein. There’s much more to the story than this well known photo.”

If you want to hear more, you’ll have to wait for the release of his new book, Known and Unknown, slated for release early next year.

[spartan61]

1. That's one book I'll be sure to buy...NOT!!!

[ljm2002]

2. I remember his reaction...

...the first time a news organization showed that picture during an interview with him. "Where did you get that?" he barked.

That told me all I need to know.

[gratuitous]

9. He's had a few years in the meantime to think up a likely story

That, coincidentally, you'll have to fork over $34.95 to find out. Oh yes, much more to the story, Mr. Rumsfeld. Care to tell it under oath? Thought not.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "That's a full Saturn cycle." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*

"Saturn's karma is gonna bite Rummy's RepubliButt, as we republicon occultists well know. Smirk."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*


* Courageously channeled by the intrepid SH from the vast netherworld of darkside republicon occultism. Do NOT try this at home, kids.

[kimi]

4. Oh, f&*k you, Rumsfeld

Getting out there to gin up attention for his book. Yeah, you're a hero.

Ask any servicemember who was on active duty when you were SOD. You were a f&*king worthless idiot who ruined lives. And now wants to profit from it.

I try to be moderate in my opinion of folks who serve this country. But Rumsfeld screwed so many people, it's a national disgrace.

[Myrina]

5. Oh, I'm SURE there's more to the meeting than the photo, Rummy ...

... underhanded war-profiteering sonofabitch. :(

[jwirr]

6. I'll just wait until someone is selling it at a rummage sale for fifty cents. nt

[damntexdem]

7. And gave him chemical weapons to use on Iranis.

Which he then also used on Iraqis.

Yes, he DID have WMDs back when the U.S. was among those who supplied him.

[Octafish]

8. Please explain, then.

The sociopath's mantra: "Power to gain Profit. Profit to gain Power."

Rumsfeld and his 'old friend' Saddam

Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984

The warmongering turd can wax eloquent all he wants in his memoire as long as it serves his masters. How long did the Iran-Iraq war last? A lot longer than it needed to, thanks to Poppy (Reagan) and War Inc (Rumsferatu, Sneer, Weinberger et al).

The black hearted scuts laugh to think that the large majority of the world has to fight over their crumbs. Today we see, thanks to the traitors and thieves they serve, the people of the United States have joined that competition for the crumbs.