Here’s a story to consider while everyone is following their feelings, giving in and obeying their great masters.
Donald Rumsfeld was the Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under former President George Bush Jr. He is best known for his claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and for pushing for an invasion of Iraq after the 9/11 attacks. No WMDs were reported to be found and the Iraq invasion opened a power vacuum in the nation that Iran has striven, with some success, to fill.
We know at some point Iraq did have chemical weapons. They used them in the Iran-Iraq War and the Halabja Massacre against Kurds in Northern Iraq. When allied forces invaded Iraq none were reported found. Saddam Hussein was executed by the new Iraq government a little over 3 years after the invasion.
The Iraq invasion cost the US over $2 trillion, provided a foothold for Iranian influence and spawned ISIS. 4,431 US servicemen lost their lives and 31,994 were wounded in action. It was a heavy price to pay for a strategically bad move.
Rumsfeld also took flack for the Abu Ghirab prisoner abuse scandal. He penned his resignation but it was rejected by Bush Jr. After a democratic sweep of Congress during midterms in 2005 he again submitted his resignation and left office.
Rumsfeld’s resignation took heat off the rest of the administration.
On September 10th 2001, Rumsfeld went on national television to announce the Pentagon could not account for $2.3 trillion (YouTube). He criticized the government’s outdated accounting system. This amount was first reported in a government audit dated February 2000 (Inspector General audit). The timing of his press conference added fodder to conspiracy theories about the US government complicity in the 9/11 attacks (see Anthony Fauci Visits Congress). Did Rumsfeld know about 9/11 ahead of time? Probably not, but whoever handled him sure did.
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