Donald Rumsfeld, dead at 88

[chiver78]

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Ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the main architects of the Iraq war, has died at the age of 88, his family has announced.

Serving under President George W Bush, he was a leading proponent of the administration's "war on terror".

US forces launched a campaign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. In 2003 the US invaded Iraq.

Mr Rumsfeld resigned in 2006 amid the turmoil in post-war Iraq, but has defended his record.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather," the family said in a statement.

He died at his home in the town of Taos, New Mexico.

Ahead of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Mr Rumsfeld vocally made the case for such an attack.

He argued that the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction posed a danger to the world, but no such weapons were ever found.

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Jun 30, 2021 15:10:30 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

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Ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the main architects of the Iraq war, has died at the age of 88, his family has announced.

Serving under President George W Bush, he was a leading proponent of the administration's "war on terror".

US forces launched a campaign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. In 2003 the US invaded Iraq.

Mr Rumsfeld resigned in 2006 amid the turmoil in post-war Iraq, but has defended his record.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather," the family said in a statement.

He died at his home in the town of Taos, New Mexico.

Ahead of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Mr Rumsfeld vocally made the case for such an attack.

He argued that the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction posed a danger to the world, but no such weapons were ever found.

My sister lives in Taos. At least Rumsfeld died in a pretty part of the country.

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Jun 30, 2021 15:10:30 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

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Ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the main architects of the Iraq war, has died at the age of 88, his family has announced.

Serving under President George W Bush, he was a leading proponent of the administration's "war on terror".

US forces launched a campaign in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. In 2003 the US invaded Iraq.

Mr Rumsfeld resigned in 2006 amid the turmoil in post-war Iraq, but has defended his record.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather," the family said in a statement.

He died at his home in the town of Taos, New Mexico.

Ahead of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Mr Rumsfeld vocally made the case for such an attack.

He argued that the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction posed a danger to the world, but no such weapons were ever found.

This was W's big lie, versus Trump's many big lies from "Obama spied on me ..." to the ultimate dictator move ... "I won the election".
Maybe I was old enough or something, but I had never believed the WOMD existed, or existed in provable numbers. It was an excuse to comandeer Iraqi oil among other things.

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Rest in peace Donald.  

[dondub]

I saw him walking down the outdoor market street in Paris’ 12th arrondissement in 2007. With his wife. Out of respect for her I decided to not yell out “Hey Rummy you war criminal”!

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It's always nice when war criminals get to die peacefully at home.
www.theonion.com/weapon-of-mass-destruction-found-dead-at-88-1847205911

[djAdvocate]

my daddy taught me not to speak ill of the dead.
I will leave it at that.

[thyme4change]

I disagreed with him on just about everything, but he made me laugh and I loved watching his press conferences.

[dondub]

www.fatrank.com/you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know/