not the reputation you wish you had.
"The Associated press noted the departure of Donald Rumsfeld with a curious retrospective, quoting a biographer who suggests that he is a "tragic figure" because of his wasted "talent and promise". But Nixon, who called him a "ruthless little bastard" had Rummy's number from the start. His "talent" was as a political hit man, a vicious insider who would do whatever his bosses wanted.
He was and is a nasty person of shrewd but limited intellect, a bully and a braggart and a bullshit artist. Nobody will miss him.
Do Rumsfeld and his friends regret his public disgrace, which will follow him into the grave? Too bad. They should have thought about that earlier, when he was slandering generals and political opponents alike (for being right), enriching war profiteers, and making one egregious error in judgement after another,...
The only thing that could change the way Rumsfeld is remembered is if more is revealed about his complicity in torture and other war crimes." more...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/rumsfeld-you-go-to-post_b_36484.htmlI say bring on the investigations, and let's reveal more about his complicity.