Saturday, December 25, 2004

Rumsfeld goes off message

From the CNN transcript of Donald Rumsfeld's Secret Santa visit to Iraq on Christmas Eve:

NGUYEN: We want to go back now to that video that we're just getting in from Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Iraq, a surprise visit, he is at Camp Victory here in Baghdad in this video speaking to soldiers in the mess hall. Let's take a listen.

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: And to change that way of living, would strike at the very essence of our country. And I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten -- indeed the word "terrorized" is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be. And that is exactly what we cannot allow to happen.


Whoa there, Mr Secretary. Surely you meant to say the people who "heroically wrestled control of the aircraft from the terrorists"? But no; in the context, that hardly makes even Rumsfeldian sense. Perhaps al Qaeda had a sleeper cell in an Amish community which took a lucky potshot at Flight 93? Or hey, maybe during the holiday season your conscience turns to Paul Wellstone, and you meant to say "Minnesota"?

Or it could have been an admission of what most of us have known since September 11: that Flight 93 was shot down by the US Air Force. There's no shame in that. It ought to have happened three other times that morning. But Flight 93's departure was delayed 40 minutes, which removed the successful completion of its mission from the window of plausible deniability. So it had to be taken out. And it had to be lied about, because - well, because that's what you do, isn't it? Lie to deflect attention from the inattention of the air force, and lie to fabricate the "let's roll!" heroism of Joe American to ramp up the populace to a war footing.

Just what were you saying, sir? Unfortunately, this is something you'll never be compelled to answer. Because even when the transcripts don't get scrubbed, even you get a pass. Even when you accidentally speak the truth, the media and public are conditioned to hear instead the comforting falsehood.

And this remark of yours, that the purpose of those who terrorize is to "alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be."

Right again, Mr Secretary.

22 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

WoW, great catch, Jeff.

I want to take this time to tell you how much I appreciate your blog and to wish you happy holidays. -Reb

10:51 a.m.  
Blogger spooked said...

Kind of like when Rumsfeld went off message some time back and said a "missile" hit the Pentagon!

If the guy wasn't such a cantakerous old fart, I would say this was all disinfo. But more likely he is letting the truth shine through, in little glimpses.

1:54 p.m.  
Blogger aughra said...

Semi-on topic. Of all the folks in the cabinet to jump ship, why couldn't he have been one of them?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous One,may I direct you to archives of,liberty think .com, Huxley/Terrorism.Listen to this tape from 3-20-62, tell me if I'm hearing the same thing coming out of Rummy's mouth.And if James Longstreet is tuned in,could you get up and look out the window,and tell me what color the sky is today,thanks very much.Later.

11:26 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This actually got a very balanced treatment in a CNN web article. The only nod they made to the usual scoffing and eye-rolling was to say that conspiracy theorists "seized" on Rumsfeld's statement, as if to imply we are manic or crazed. Well I guess maybe some of us are, but that's hardly the point. It was also kind of weird that the article said Rumsfeld's remarks sparked "new" conspiracy theories, since it is not a new theory that 93 was shot down. In fact, the only reason it's coming back into the public eye now, is because Rumsfeld brought it up! Anyway, other than that, it was fairly balanced. So, a 'freudian' slip or, I wonder if maybe a limited hangout is on the way?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/27/rumsfeld.flt93/index.html

5:27 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a comment about Ilya's post.

Yes. it would seem that flight 93 was shot down by those who were responsible for the other attacks on that infamous day. It was indeed originally reported as such before the controlled information began to air. The wreckage and the main body crash site indicate that is the most likely explanation.

Now.. just suppose Rumsfeld really doesnt know who that was, though for his own sake he believes it's 'al qaida'. ie He knows someone shot down flight 93 and has resolved this as 'they' shot down flight 93.

The story you believe, and the story Rummy knows are one and the same. The question that remains unresolved in both yours and Rummy's mind, and for that matter most of us paying attention to this is:

Exactly WHO are THEY?? Who did it?

Side note: Why would Rummy choose to hide that he knows it was shot down?

Most likely to stop hysteria spreading.. if the USA can be attacked at the WTC, The Pentagon AND a plane shot down by unknown persons.. how can they possibly claim to be able to keep the people safe?

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