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FEET OF CLAY: Defied at Last, Rumsfeld Mumbles His Way to Nowhere by FTW May 9, 2006 1400 PST – (FTW) – A recent ill-advised public appearance presented Donald Rumsfeld with what we at FTW like to call “a John Deutch moment.” Readers may remember that Mike Ruppert’s work as a public gadfly began when he confronted then-CIA Director Deutch at a public appearance at Los Angeles’ Locke High School in 1995. The confrontation was so direct, while the man at the audience microphone knew so well what he was talking about, and the forum was so public, that the creep on the dais had nowhere to run. Similar conditions prevailed here: McGovern: …I would like to ask you to be up-front with the American people, why did you lie to get us into a war that was not necessary, that has caused these kinds of casualties? Why? Rumsfeld: Well, first of all, I haven’t lied. I did not lie then (applause). Colin Powell didn’t lie. He spent weeks and weeks with the Central Intelligence Agency people and prepared a presentation that I know he believed was accurate, and he presented that to the United Nations. The president spent weeks and weeks with the central intelligence people and he went to the American people and made a presentation. I’m not in the intelligence business. They gave the world their honest opinion. It appears that there were not weapons of mass destruction there. McGovern: You said you knew where they were. Rumsfeld: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were and we were...just… (crosstalk). McGovern: You said you knew where they were: Tikrit, Baghdad, north, east, south, and west of there. Those are your words. [Security guards move to expel McGovern; one puts his elbow into McGovern’s chest and begins moving him backward.] Rumsfeld: My words....my words were that....no, no, no wait a minute, wait a minute. Let him stay one second. Just a second. McGovern: This is America, Huh? (applause) Rumsfeld: You’re getting plenty of play, sir. McGovern: I’d just like an honest answer. Rumsfeld: I’m giving it to you. McGovern: Well we’re talking about lies, and your allegation there was bulletproof evidence of ties between al Qaeda and Iraq. Was that a lie, or were you misled? Rumsfeld: Zar..., Zarqawi was in Baghdad during the prewar period. That is a fact. McGovern: Zarqawi? He was in the north of Iraq in a place where Saddam Hussein had no rule. That's where he was. Rumsfeld: He was also… (crosstalk). He was also in Baghdad. McGovern: Yes, when he needed to go to the hospital. Come on, these people aren’t idiots. They know the story. Rumsfeld: You are...Let...Let me, Let me give you an example [sic] it’s easy for you to make a charge, um, but why do you think that the men and women in uniform every day when they came out of Kuwait and went into Iraq put on chemical weapon protective suits, because they like the, ah, style (laughter)? They honestly believed that there were chemical weapons. Saddam Hussein had used chemical weapons on his own people previously, he’d used them on his neighbor the Iranians and they believed he had those weapons. We believed he had those weapons. McGovern: That's what we call a non sequitur; it doesn't matter what the troops believe, it matters what you believe. (crosstalk) Moderator: I, I think, I think, I think Mr. Secretary the debate is over, we have other questions, that courtesy to the audience. Larry Chin observes: This very public two-minute exchange has been broadcast repeatedly on the major networks, notably CNN. Anderson Cooper will follow with a McGovern interview. McGovern enters mainstream consciousness now. Bottom line: The wing of the CIA/military intel community that McGovern represents is truly on the offensive against this administration, which appears to be toast. That McGovern was given the green light to do this, have it aired, and put himself front and center, speaks volumes.
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