Halloween is over and it isn't cold enough for snow yet, but a WaPo article on Donald Rumsfeld's snowflakes are showing exactly how he operated inside the Defense Department. It is a scary display of the man's opinions and how he directed a propaganda campaign against the American people. All sorts on internal communique are now being given light for the public to gasp at.
From The Washington Post:
In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid "physical labor" and wrote of the need to "keep elevating the threat," "link Iraq to Iran" and develop "bumper sticker statements" to rally public support for an increasingly unpopular war.
The memos, often referred to as "snowflakes," shed light on Rumsfeld's brusque management style and on his efforts to address key challenges during his tenure as Pentagon chief. Spanning from 2002 to shortly after his resignation following the 2006 congressional elections, a sampling of his trademark missives obtained yesterday reveals a defense secretary disdainful of media criticism and driven to reshape public opinion of the Iraq war.
Rumsfeld, whose sometimes abrasive approach often alienated other Cabinet members and White House staff members, produced 20 to 60 snowflakes a day and regularly poured out his thoughts in writing as the basis for developing policy, aides said. The memos are not classified but are marked "for official use only."
These documents proved that the color-coded terror alert system was nothing more than a sham meant to stoke Americans' fear of another attack. Rumsfeld did whatever he thought it would take to start a war with Iran even after Iraq had fallen to pieces and the armed forces he directed were stretched to the breaking point.
Donald got off easily by resigning, he should have been found guilty of numerous crimes by our own judicial system, not necessitating a lawsuit in either Germany or France. The man is a war criminal and he must pay for his crimes against humanity.
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