Rumsfeld Lies About Pre-War Predictions: “You Can Take That To The Bank”

This is selective amnesia--!!!!!!


http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Iraq
Rumsfeld Lies About Pre-War Predictions: “You Can Take That To The Bank”
Yesterday on PBS’ Newshour, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld said no administration official made any predictions about the length or cost of the war in Iraq:

I was very careful. I never predicted any number of deaths or the cost or the length because I’ve looked at a lot of wars, and anyone who tries to do that is going to find themselves wrong, flat wrong…I don’t know anybody who had any reasonable expectations about the number or the length of the war or the cost of the war. I just don’t — no one I know went out and said these are how those three metrics ought to be considered. And you can take it to the bank.

The truth is, Rumsfeld and other top administration officials made predictions on all three metrics. You can take that to the bank –

Length:

Rumsfeld, 2/7/03: “It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.”

Cheney, 3/16/03: “I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months“

Cost:.........

He's flat-out contradicted himself. I think he finally gave up trying to be consistent.

He was either too lazy, or he knew.....


The tape recorder is always on.