Rumsfeld: Chump
(Via Blah3 and Juan Cole.)
Rumsfeld said in response to a question:
To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links
[Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda].
He then almost immediately turned around and tried to retract, saying
he had misunderstood the question:
A question I answered today at an appearance before the Council on
Foreign Relations regarding ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq regrettably
was misunderstood.
The verb is "was misunderstood", and the object was "A question". As
the question's answerer, we must assume Rumsfeld was the implicit
subject of the verb. He went on to claim that
I have acknowledged since September 2002 that there were ties between
Al Qaeda and Iraq.
So, what was this devious, tricky question that Rumsfeld misunderstood?
From Newsday link above:
"Mr. Secretary, what exactly was the connection between Saddam
Hussein and al Qaeda?"
Does Rumsfeld often find himself confused by questions this difficult?
