Wise words from Rumsfeld on political cronies

[Ardbeg... innit]

During a visit to Iraq this week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged Iraqi government leaders to avoid cronyism in major government ministries, Khadim said.

www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-04-13-insurgents_x.htm

The Defense Secretary said the extensive negotiations among Iraq's different religious and ethnic groups were an encouraging sign for the future of Iraq.

"Those people are deeply concerned about the rights of minorities and they have every right to be because they lived in a society that did not respect the rights of minorities," he said.

www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-29-voa63.cfm

WOW, sage words from the Secretary of War, lets see John Negroponte, John Bolton, Richard Perle... filibuster rule ch-ch-changes... Rummy has a point!!

[Harrybutt]

I detect the usual..."Do as I say and not as I do" deal here. I ceased being shocked at what those guys will say and what people will believe.

I guess in the days when Rummy was suckin Saddam, he was just being diplomatic and felt no need to push about the cronyism and minority rights

At least the VP hasn't gone over there and held a press conf. to tell them to "go fuck themselves"

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Harrybutt said:

At least the VP hasn't gone over there and held a press conf. to tell them to "go fuck themselves"

I'm hoping he's saving that one for the insurgents.