Rumsfeld on insurgent infiltration of Iraqi forces:
By on Sep 29th, 2005 at 3:41 pm
Rumsfeld on insurgent infiltration of Iraqi forces:
“It’s a problem that’s faced by police forces in every major city in our country, that criminals infiltrate and sign up to join the police force.”
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Now he's on the kool-aid. They can't screen too well for some psyche problems, but I want what he's smoking.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:44 pmWHAT?????
Rummy needs to put down the Jack Daniels! He's now officially LOST IT.
Yeah, the cops in Atlanta are overrun with homicidal maniacs, suicide bombers and murderous thugs bent on restoring the old Baath party mayor to power.
INSANE!!!
September 29th, 2005 at 3:47 pmWhy don't they just keep his mouth shut?
Z.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:47 pmThis means it's time to link to fafblog's "drivin with donald"
here
A snippet:
So we're ridin on down the road in our Cross Country Journey of Inner Discovery and Of Course the American Dream when Donald Rumsfeld hits a moose.
"Maybe we should stop an get a tow truck," says me.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:48 pm"Gosh, that seems pretty excessive," says Donald Rumsfeld. "I mean, was a moose hit? Yes. Do the antlers sticking through the windshield make driving trickier? You bet. But should we just turn around and quit because the road got a little bumpy? I'd say no."
A good headline would be Rummy says the ranks of America's finest and first responders are riddled with criminals and thieves. These poor bastards can't seem to recover. They get the wind knocked out of them by one gut punch after another.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:48 pmActually, I think the criminals have infiltrated higher up in the executive branch.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:49 pmThank god they aren't using car bombs here in oakland.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:49 pmYeah, Rummy is aiming too low!
September 29th, 2005 at 3:49 pmROFLMAO!!!!!
See, Rummy the Dummy shoulda' had that syphilis treated 30 years ago. Now, his brain is cottage cheese.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:50 pmThere are some morons and hacks and incompetents on any large, amd some smaller police forces, but ongoing criminal enterprises are the exception, not the rule. NOLA has had trouble. LA, and NYC, but it's not the rule and corruption had been dealt with pretty effectively. Things may have changed. They look at politics and as they say, the fish rots from the head down.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:53 pmNow if he's talking about systemic racism and police wrongdoing insofar as planting evidence and violating citizens and suspects civil rights, committing perjury under oath, etc., I would have to agree with him.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:56 pmWell, Rummy is no stranger to stupid comments. Seems to me he's made this same statement in the past. But even if that was true, what's the point of saying it? Would it have been so difficult to respond with either a solution (and I couldn't imaginge that there is one at this point) or state that they are doing everything they can to eliminate the problem but admit that it is a difficult problem to solve? Its like watching a bunch of 10-year-olds.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:58 pmRUMMY BLAMES DISLOYAL OFFICERS: "SOMEONE STOLE THE STRAWBERRIES"
click-clack-click-clack
September 29th, 2005 at 4:04 pmGood one #4, you pursue the american dream with the inner-self that you have.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:05 pmi could agree that criminals infiltrate the police force, but that is in no way a comparision as to whats happening there. we are talking about violence that these infiltrators are doing, destabilizing a country...big difference.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:09 pmAnd Rummy's got it all twisted. It's usually good cops gone bad, not criminals who become cops and then cause problems (cause, ya' know, they usually have rap sheets that I assume makes them ineligible).
September 29th, 2005 at 4:12 pmNow this is just getting silly. Have they reached the bottom of the barrel yet? I want investigations into my local police force PRONTO!
September 29th, 2005 at 4:12 pm#16 has it spot on. I would like to think a background check is required before they give you a gun and a badge. I know I went through the gauntlet during the FBI application process.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:17 pmMemo to Donald Rumsfeld:
No, Donald. You've got it all wrong, as usual.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:19 pmThe criminals have infiltrated the White House, the Pentagon, Congress and the Supreme Court.
That explains why so many cops are registered republicans! Thanks for clearing that up rummie!
September 29th, 2005 at 4:23 pmSince the occupation of Iraq is illegal, the real criminals are the collaborators, not the resistance.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:27 pmI know Ryan, right? What's he saying about our "beloved" police forces?
September 29th, 2005 at 4:29 pmRummie, rhymes with....
September 29th, 2005 at 4:34 pmThey are looking for reasons to create a military state. The people thinking the police are criminals (which are true in a lot of cases), is the right place to start.
Another good place to start is to relocate a ton of people, and create panic and insurgency because they are without food and/water and don’t have a home. i.e. Vietnam, Iraq, New Orleans, Texas...
"States are not moral agents" -Chomsky
September 29th, 2005 at 4:35 pmSeems like there should be more to that article, like a description of the stunned, incredulous silence that must have greeted this statement. Really, this is hopeless. 67,000 Iraqi troops haven't been paid? Bush's "stand up, stand down" platitudes are a huge lie.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:41 pmHe just slapped all good police in the face. We'll see them in 2006 at the polls too. "Do we feel safe, well do we punk?" This geek is in charge?????
September 29th, 2005 at 4:52 pm#21 Gary: Huh? So long as your country is invaded illegally, you can legally kill innocent noncombatants? Like blow up school buses? I don't follow.
September 29th, 2005 at 4:58 pmPrag, I was speaking generally. Yes of course, what you describe are crimes. But the occupation is a bigger crime.
September 29th, 2005 at 5:05 pmThat it is. Thanks for clarifying. I thought we were having a Jane Fonda moment.
September 29th, 2005 at 5:08 pmthere is something that makes his comment even more startling however. Much of the problem in the Iraqi security forces is the wholesale inclusion of militias who have been led, trained, funded, and resourced by the Iranians. This certainly is the issue in Basra and all over the northeast. Thus, if we follow RumDum's logic our local police and sheriffs are staffed now by groups who are supported by the conservative elite corporate entities that control the US government--in that the new Iraq government of which the US supports is formed from Iran oriented and supported policies and groups. Is he warning us of our eminent takeover.
September 29th, 2005 at 5:41 pmMaybe you shouldn't have disbanded the Iraqi Army after the invasion? Just sayin'...
September 29th, 2005 at 5:50 pmIt's common knowledge that police academies typically recruit at local prisons, because no one else wants to join law enforcement.
What a clown.
September 29th, 2005 at 6:16 pm#31
It was Bremmer (The Brownie of the Occupation, or is Brownie the Bremmer of emergency management?) who disbanded the Iraqi army, stood down civil law enforcement and disenfranchised the Sunni Baath party which, in turn, fueled the insurgency.
With those credentials, I would have to drop a lit match into the National Petroleum Reserve in order to qualify for a Medal of Freedom.
September 29th, 2005 at 6:23 pmFor some real fun, next time you get pulled over for speeding, tell the officer, "So I guess al Qaeda infiltrated our police, too."
September 29th, 2005 at 6:28 pmNo wonder Kurt Vonnegut said (on TDS w/Jon Stewart) that Bush wasn't the stupidest person in this administration, Rummy is!
I, too, want what he's on!
September 29th, 2005 at 6:39 pmHonest to God, I awoke suddenly from a dream/nightmare this morning with Donald Rumsfeld et al attempting to kill me. Another 'insider' came to my aid and killed Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Richard Perle. It seemed to me there were a couple of other people involved to. It was surreal as heck.
I was in grave danger in my nightmare and was going to die by Rumsfeld's own hand. I couldn't believe the person in my dream saved my life. I thought I was a goner for sure. It all happened so fast, I was relieved when it all turned around so quickly. The defender of my life quickly gathered his electronic data device, another device that was some kind of tracking/homing apparatus and was off in a BMW.
When I woke up with a startle, I wondered what it all meant. It was a nightmare of a dream. Swear to God, it all happened this morning around 3:00 AM. A dream I won't forget until the day I die. All in all, just another dream that became a nightmare.
Just thought I would share it all here.
September 29th, 2005 at 8:31 pmCriminals infiltrating police departments? I truly believe the man is senile.
September 29th, 2005 at 8:35 pmWe have a family member who, for a long time, acted normally, seemed to be thinking OK for an old man, and generally fooled us. In retrospect, we see how we were unable to see the truth until it bit us in the ass and the man is now in a home. I think Rummy is at that point -- he acts normal, most of the time, but now and then he says something really stupid or irrelevant or "out there" but the fact is that he has lost his mind. It's time for the home, before he starts drooling.
Any chance Rummy can focus on getting sadomasochists, child rapists and sexual deviants to stop infiltrating our armed forces?
September 29th, 2005 at 8:44 pm"Dead enders" are crawling out of the woodwork.
September 29th, 2005 at 9:50 pmIt loooks like criminals have infiltrated the Bush administration
September 29th, 2005 at 10:53 pmThe general consensus is to fire the Bushies and everything would be fine. WRONG!... We need to prosecute and incarcerate the bastards and throw the key away... ok, so we don't use keys any longer!... Better yet, how about the electric chair?... Or better yet, lynching at high noon in the Rose Garden of the White House!... That might disturb the lunch crowd but, hey, it would be an exciting one-time show of shows!
September 30th, 2005 at 10:26 amI know, and how about those murderous neo-cons INFILTRATING our government ?
September 30th, 2005 at 10:48 am