Makes You Wonder, is Rumsfeld Stupid? Or just a Moron?

Rummy's latest waltz into public pronouncements in support of the administration's brain dead policy in Iraq is to play the history card. I always enjoy when people who really don't know much about history try to play that card. They usually go with the easiest one to play, Hitler. Can't figure out how to frame your argument anymore? Start shouting Nazi or Hitler from the rafters and hope people fill in the blanks you want them to.

So now those of us who disagree with Rumsfeld's/administration's Iraq war policy are Nevile Chamberlainian appeasers, laying down in front of Osama Bin Hitler. According to Rumsfeld, "some seem not to have learned history's lessons." "Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?"

Yes, indeed, Rummy. When all else fails, grab the Hitler card and try and reframe the argument. Unless, of course, the history that someone hasn't learned has far more to do with attempted conquest of nations in turmoil and less with Hitler. Or far more to do with how blunders abroad help not to stop terrorism, but create environments that breed more terrorists. THAT is the history from which Rumsfeld and the administration continue to fail to learn.

When someone in the administration takes a step forward to accept responsibility for mis-reading history in their tunnel-visioned attempt to create their little neo-con fantasy nations out of cloth that will not cut that way. On THAT day, I will know that the people in power have finally learned their history lesson. Until then, I merely shake my head at their idiotic and fanciful attempts to hide their incompetence with senseless attacks.