The leaked "memo for the record" written by Rummy in perhaps his early McNamara moment (because he's so fucking old that by the time he has the "McNamara moment" of sort-of-remorse that McNamara had, he'll have been dead and gone for probably 15 years, or be a drooling idiot like ala Grampaw Simpson) is a real gem.
More of his vaunted "transformational thinking":
...He called for reaching out to U.S. military retirees and reservists to "aggressively beef up" Iraqi ministries, adding, "i.e. give up on trying to get other USG Departments to do it."
Similarly, he called for a "massive program for unemployed youth" but said it would have to be run by U.S. forces, "since no other organization could do it."
Hmmm... midnight basketball for Iraqi 'utes'? Sounds like it. Bringing retirees and reserves (well more of the latter) to play in the Mess O'Potamian sandbox would have been good for what, like another few thousand troops? And what would the criteria be for bringing back retirees?
Self-serving and delusional indeed. I guess that no one told Rumsfeld that you go to war with the military you have. Until you use them up.
