Rumsfeld ‘Can’t Tell’ If Obama Has Switched Sides In War On Terror

[DonViejo]

Speaking at a conservative gathering late last month, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he didn't know if President Barack Obama had switched sides in the War on Terror.

The video below — mined by Democratic opposition researcher James Carter IV — shows Rumsfeld answering a question from a man off-screen at an event hosted by the David Horowtiz Freedom Center on May 21 in the Los Angeles area.

"As you go around the country, do you have any sense or the same sort of sinking feeling that the rest of us have that [Obama has] actually switched sides in the War on Terror?" the man asked, drawing a smattering of applause from the audience.

"You know, I just don't feel competent to answer," Rumsfeld said. "I can't tell."

Rumsfeld added, "It bothers me greatly that he's unwilling to identify the enemy. I don't see how you win if you don't."

full article + video
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rumsfeld-cant-tell-if-obama-has-switched-sides

[MotherPetrie]

1. THIS is the arrogant war criminal whose ass the Obama admini is covering

They must be so proud.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. Rumsfeld should be in jail

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. ohhhhhh....let's find your great quotes about the war, shall we, Rummy?

Isn't Rummy the one who said the Iraqi Invasion would be over in a matter of weeks?
And the Iraqi's would pay for the cost of war, not the USA???
and....
what else?

[Aristus]

3. "You know, I just don't feel competent to answer," Rumsfeld said.

Truer words were never spoken, at least by him.

[Botany]

4. big talk from the man who gave the stand down order @ Toro Boro and let bin Laden ...

.... get away.

[Yavin4]

5. "Shut the F**k Up Donny"

[Turbineguy]

6. Hmmm......

he could be right. After all, the US hasn't had near as much as when the Bush Gang was running things.

[tanyev]

7. Because identifying an enemy is much more important than finding the real enemy.

[Rex]

8. Why do war criminals get to run around the country freely?

While we send people to prison for 20 years for smoking a weed. Just doesn't make sense. As for the OP, only a simple minded moran would need another person to tell them who the enemy is. That just tells me they are lost little sheep in need of a leader to tell them when to wipe their ass and when to breath.

[area51]

9. You know,

I just can't tell if RumsFAILED has a single working brain cell.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. WTF does he mean/imply?

That he doesn't know if Obama is on the terrorists' side?



Y'know, some may say that letting a major terrorist escape capture is pretty questionable, eh Rummy?

Also, he didn't know too much about where those WMDs were either.........

[JHB]

16. Think back to the"Clinton trashed the White House" scandal...

...which turned out to be a product of fevered imaginations and shit-stirring.

The Bushies kept giving non-answers that vaguely implied there was substance to Wingnut claims.

Dummy's doing that here. It's all he needs to do to get groups like this to keep paying him speaker fees.

[Arkana]

11. You DON'T win, Rummy.

That's the fundamental part you fail to grasp. Declaring a war on terrorism is like declaring war on gingivitis. You can do things to prevent it, but it is never going to be wiped off the face of the Earth. You are NEVER going to "win".

[yellowcanine]

12. Well Rummy, competence not being your strong suit, that is no surprise.

[Sunlei]

13. must cost republican 'donors' /snicker, a bundle to drag around all their old baggage

republican 'events'

[agentS]

14. Why? 'cause we're bombing less people???

'Cause he wants an end to the AUMF, that's "siding with the enemy"?
Bin Laden is dead, damnit! No bombing on airlines since 9/11! We're out of Iraq on schedule!
If these aren't key milestones, then I don't know what's in the crack Rumsfeld is smokin'!

[JHB]

15. He certainly wasn't competent to plan an invasion and occupation.

[RZM]

17. Confusing

Is this a known unknown or an unknown unknown?

[rug]

19. Me either.

[demwing]

20. What he means is "I know...I just can't tell" /nt