Bush's Defense secretary chides Colin Powell, says he would have gone into Iraq even if he'd known Saddam had no WMDs-and discusses his son's drug problem. Howard Kurtz speed-reads Rummy's new memoir. Plus, lighter anecdotes from Rumsfeld's memoir, including his unromantic proposal and his take on Hurricane Katrina.
Ten days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld wrote himself a note.
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
"At the right moment," it said, "we may want to give Saddam Hussein a way out for his family to live in comfort."
In his forthcoming book, Known and Unknown, the former Defense secretary says he believed that "an aggressive diplomatic effort, coupled by a threat of military force, just might convince Saddam and those around him to seek exile." Instead, history will record that Rumsfeld became a principal player in the Bush administration's drive to invade Iraq, which...
Ten days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld wrote himself a note.
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
"At the right moment," it said, "we may want to give Saddam Hussein a way out for his family to live in comfort."
In his forthcoming book, Known and Unknown, the former Defense secretary says he believed that "an aggressive diplomatic effort, coupled by a threat of military force, just might convince Saddam and those around him to seek exile." Instead, history will record that Rumsfeld became a principal player in the Bush administration's drive to invade Iraq, which...
- 2/3/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
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