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    (Mr. Rumsfeld was an American patriot, of great personal talent, energy, experience, bureaucratic cleverness, and charisma---who operated with personal arrogance, intimidation and disrespect for the military, lack of forthright candor, avoidance of personal responsibility, and fundamental bad judgment.)
    WOW. Talk about a "compliment".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
    (Mr. Rumsfeld was an American patriot, of great personal talent, energy, experience, bureaucratic cleverness, and charisma---who operated with personal arrogance, intimidation and disrespect for the military, lack of forthright candor, avoidance of personal responsibility, and fundamental bad judgment.)
    WOW. Talk about a "compliment".
    That stings so bad I think somebody is going to need a band-aid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
    WOW. Talk about a "compliment".
    Ditto that! Perhaps most accurate protrayal of Rumsfeld ever penned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by historyguy99 View Post
    Ditto that! Perhaps most accurate protrayal of Rumsfeld ever penned.
    And it could also serve to portray McNamara.
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