Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld explains resignation: We know there are things that we know and know things we know we don't know but know that we've found the unknown abounds in things we don't know we don't know.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld explains resignation: We know there are things that we know and know things we know we don't know but know that we've found the unknown abounds in things we don't know we don't know.·

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Farewell Rumsfeld

When Rumsfeld and Dubya detected

the risk that there might be elected

a Democrat House,

the Rummy espoused

contingency plans for ejecting.

Though Rummy as pilot was sure

his piloting skills could ensure

his tail-hook would catch

so vict'ry we'd snatch,

he feared finding voters unsure.

He harkened to insights profound,

which he, years ago, had pronounced

on what can be known

of "knowns" and "unknowns."

I paraphrase words he did spout: ·

We know there are things that we know
and know things we know we don't know
but know that we've found
the unknown abounds
in things we don't know we don't know.

(To critics who claimed not to know

his meaning, on them I bestow

the title of "Dummies,"
who unlike the Rummy,
don't know they know less than they "know.")

He knows that for vict'ry ensured

requires more than planning ensured

to win, it requires

a plan to inspire

the voters to know it's assured.

A "known" that he knows to be true

imbued in Democracy's hue:

Twixt facts and perceptions,

the voters' perceptions

control despite facts-misconceptions.

So, Rummy, before the election,

told Bush if the vote shows rejection

of real-world conceptions,

such gross misperceptions

may thereby require my ejection.

The reason, knows Rummy, is this: ·

When gross "misperceptioning" twists

the truth, what's required

so truth's not "retired,"

is "change" for reversing such twists.

When minds of the voters have closed--

i.e., misperceptions they "know"--

for truth to be spoken

requires a new spokesman

so truth they again come to "know."

And one of the worst of such twists--

The claim that more danger exists

because Dubya toppled

Saddam-- is just twaddle.

Instead, work on nukes would exist.

Both Rumsfeld and Bush understood

Saddam left in place promptly would

his nuke-program fix

soon after Hans Blix

reported "Saddam as been good."

Though Bush/Rummy critics have cried:

"No WMD's-- Dubya lied,"

if Bush left Hussein

in place they'd have blamed

the Dubya for nukes he devised.

Though Bush/Rummy critics have claimed

that Bush could've/should've "contained"

Saddam, there's no doubt

by now he could tout

a nuke, and then Dubya they'd blame.

The Bush/Rummy critics who say

"No nuke could Saddam have today,"

missed "Back to the Future's"*

historical sutures:

"Rewind [and] Rewrite [and] Replay."**

·*www.PoliSat.Com/BackToTheFutureWithSaddam.htm·

·**www.PoliSat.Com/RewindRewriteReplay.htm·

Ignoring such lessons they say:

"The chaos Iraq is today

is worse than what would've

occurred if Bush would've

from toppling Saddam stayed away."

And what do they thus deem as trivial?

That Moammar Khadafi of Libya,

who almost had Bombs,

on seeing Saddam

pulled out of his hole "neutered" Libya.

So thus they imply 'twould be better

if Bush left Saddam merely fettered

with "sanctions" and hoped

to "nukes" he'd say "Nope,"

like hoping Il Jung would be "fettered."

To paraphrase Rummy in 2002:

Too often we thought that we "knew"

a state would have nukes

much later than "soon,"

'til tests proved we should've thought "soon."·

No doubt even Rummy would say

he big mistakes on the way

to making Iraq

a source to help stop

the spread of the terrorists' ways.

And likewise, the Gen'ral named Ike

commanding our war-fighting might

against Nazis made

mistakes that were grave

for which thousands paid with their life.

Yet hist'ry correctly perceives

his strategy rightly conceived,

and lucky for him

the media then

did not claim "defeat we have reached."

So, what will the legacy be

for Rummy's departing DeeCee?

Our history shows

the future will know

he authored al Qaeda's defeat.

His critics may think his successors

in war-against-terror endeavors,

not Rummy, will be

as authors perceived

for winning such warfare endeavors.

However, perspectives of hist'ry

bring clarity rather than myst'ry

with proper perspective

eclipsing invectives

by short-term predictors of "hist'ry."

Though Bush 41 was installed

when Gorbachev didn't forestall

collapse of the Wall,

on Reagan did fall

the credit for "tear down that Wall."

And likewise, when liberty's rights

have vanquished the terrorist blight,

the Rummy will be,

with Dubya, perceived

as authors of ending the blight.

So, here's a respectful "Farewell,"

to Rumsfeld for serving us well,

for danger he braved

that colleagues be saved

when flames on the Pentagon fell.

Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

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When Rumsfeld and Dubya detected the risk that there might be elected a Democrat House, the Rummy espoused contingency plans for ejecting. Though Rummy as pilot was sure his piloting skills could ensure his tail-hook would catch so vict'ry we'd snatch, he feared finding voters unsure. [Video on right.]

He harkened to insights profound, which he, years ago, had pronounced on what can be known of "knowns" and "unknowns." I paraphrase words he did spout: · We know there are things that we know and know things we know we don't know but know that we've found the unknown abounds in things we don't know we don't know. (To critics who claimed not to know his meaning, on them I bestow the title of "Dummies," who unlike the Rummy, don't know they know less than they "know.")

He knows that for vict'ry ensured requires more than planning ensured to win, it requires a plan to inspire the voters to know it's assured. A "known" that he knows to be true imbued in Democracy's hue: Twixt facts and perceptions, the voters' perceptions control despite facts-misconceptions.

So, Rummy, before the election, told Bush if the vote shows rejection of real-world conceptions, such gross misperceptions may thereby require my ejection. The reason, knows Rummy, is this: · When gross "misperceptioning" twists the truth, what's required so truth's not "retired," is "change" for reversing such twists. When minds of the voters have closed-- i.e., misperceptions they "know"-- for truth to be spoken requires a new spokesman so truth they again come to "know."

And one of the worst of such twists-- The claim that more danger exists because Dubya toppled Saddam-- is just twaddle. Instead, work on nukes would exist. Both Rumsfeld and Bush understood Saddam left in place promptly would his nuke-program fix soon after Hans Blix reported "Saddam as been good."

Though Bush/Rummy critics have cried: "No WMD's-- Dubya lied," if Bush left Hussein in place they'd have blamed the Dubya for nukes he devised. Though Bush/Rummy critics have claimed that Bush could've/should've "contained" Saddam, there's no doubt by now he could tout a nuke, and then Dubya they'd blame.

The Bush/Rummy critics who say "No nuke could Saddam have today," missed "Back to the Future's"* historical sutures: "Rewind [and] Rewrite [and] Replay."** Ignoring such lessons they say: "The chaos Iraq is today is worse than what would've occurred if Bush would've from toppling Saddam stayed away."

And what do they thus deem as trivial? That Moammar Khadafi of Libya, who almost had Bombs, on seeing Saddam pulled out of his hole "neutered" Libya. So thus they imply 'twould be better if Bush left Saddam merely fettered with "sanctions" and hoped to "nukes" he'd say "Nope," like hoping Il Jung would be "fettered."

To paraphrase Rummy in 2002: Too often we thought that we "knew" a state would have nukes much later than "soon," 'til tests proved we should've thought "soon."· No doubt even Rummy would say he big mistakes on the way to making Iraq a source to help stop the spread of the terrorists' ways.

And likewise, the Gen'ral named Ike commanding our war-fighting might against Nazis made mistakes that were grave for which thousands paid with their life. Yet hist'ry correctly perceives his strategy rightly conceived, and lucky for him the media then did not claim "defeat we have reached."

So, what will the legacy be for Rummy's departing DeeCee? Our history shows the future will know he authored al Qaeda's defeat. His critics may think his successors in war-against-terror endeavors, not Rummy, will be as authors perceived for winning such warfare endeavors.

However, perspectives of hist'ry bring clarity rather than myst'ry with proper perspective eclipsing invectives by short-term predictors of "hist'ry." Though Bush 41 was installed when Gorbachev didn't forestall collapse of the Wall, on Reagan did fall\ the credit for "tear down that Wall."

And likewise, when liberty's rights have vanquished the terrorist blight, the Rummy will be, with Dubya, perceived as authors of ending the blight. So, here's a respectful "Farewell," to Rumsfeld for serving us well, for danger he braved that colleagues be saved when flames on the Pentagon fell.

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