ScrappleFace weighs in on Rumsfeld’s angst
December 3rd, 2006
2nd Leaked Memo Reveals Rumsfeld Pain in Final Hours
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2418
by Scott Ott
December 3rd, 2006
2nd Leaked Memo Reveals Rumsfeld Pain in Final Hours
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2418
by Scott Ott
(2006-12-03) — Just a day after The New York Times released to al Qaeda a classified memo from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld regarding options in Iraq, the paper has printed the text of a second top-secret memo from Mr. Rumsfeld to President George Bush.
While the first document dealt with potential tactical adjustments in fighting terrorists, the second offers deeply personal insight into Mr. Rumsfeld’s emotional state in the hours before his so-called “resignation.”
Like the first memo, this one presents a starkly different picture of the man the world knows only from his tough-talking Pentagon news conferences.
Below are a few excerpts from the text of the second Rumsfeld memo which was written the morning after Democrats took control of Congress…
“As you know, Mr. President, this job been an emotional rollercoaster for me. Seems like only yesterday Paul Bremer said “We got him” and then you, me, Cheney and Condi danced till dawn. Ah, yesterday…all my troubles seemed so far away.”
Read the rest here.
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