Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, dies at 88

[shemp]

Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, dies at 88

(CNN) Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has died at the age of 88, according to a statement from his family.

No cause of death was immediately provided.

 

[plague311]

Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, dies at 88

Sucks for him. I bet the Middle East is going to throw a party.

 

[theprestige]

Now he enters the Unknown Unknown with the life he lived, not the life he wished to live or planned to live at a later date. RIP.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Not exactly going to shed a lot of tears here.

I have a very tiny amount of respect for him for assisting in on the ground rescue efforts and refusing to evacuate from the Pentagon on 9/11 and a very tiny amount of sympathy for him being such a key figure of blame and responsibility in the 9/11 Truther Movement which regardless of what you think of him is some absolute nonsense.

Beyond that I don't have much praise to heap on the man.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Public service and integrity from the obit are not on my bingo card. Anyone else have lying SOB who started a war including lying to the American public on theirs?

 

[TurkeysGhost]

War criminal and torture advocate dies of natural causes in his bed surrounded by his family. Times like this make you wish there was a hell.

 

[Crossbow]

War criminal and torture advocate dies of natural causes in his bed surrounded by his family. Times like this make you wish there was a hell.

Seconded!

Normally, I would not want anyone to go to Hell, but Rumsfeld is an exception in my book.

 

[The Atheist]

Huh.

I was wondering why I got that text from Satan at 2 am to put the anal probes in the furnace.

Now I know.

Lord Lucifer

 

[angrysoba]

Gee willikers! Many decades too late!

 

[theprestige]

So the age at which he died is a dog whistle, right?

 

[angrysoba]

So the age at which he died is a dog whistle, right?

I hadn’t thought of that, but yes almost certainly.

Notice he died on 1st July - 1 = A (Adolf) and 7 = G (Germany) but if you add the 1 + 7 you get 8; 8 = H (Hitler)

Total ******* Nazi.

 

[Trebuchet]

Still June 30 here in the USofA.
He was both the youngest and oldest man to ever hold the office, IIRC.

 

[carlitos]

Rumsfeld's Rules (pdf link)

One I have often used and quoted at work - Remember: A’s hire A’s and B’s hire C’s.

The last one is pretty funny.

 

[Caroline13]

I'll miss the sweetheart

 

[Belz...]

Notice he died on 1st July

Japan time doesn't count.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Hope wherever they bury him is easily accessible. The world needs more public toilets.

 

[Stacyhs]

Seconded!

Normally, I would not want anyone to go to Hell, but Rumsfeld is an exception in my book.

Don't worry. No one does any more than Vikings went to Valhalla.

 

[Stacyhs]

I hadn’t thought of that, but yes almost certainly.

Notice he died on 1st July - 1 = A (Adolf) and 7 = G (Germany) but if you add the 1 + 7 you get 8; 8 = H (Hitler)

Total ******* Nazi.

According to MTG, it's June 31.

 

[Norman Alexander]

I'll miss the sweetheart

Sure. But what about Rumsfeld?

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Plenty of good articles describing what a unrepentant, monstrous piece of **** Rumsfeld was, and the hundreds of thousands of deaths he is directly responsible for. This one is my favorite so far.

The only thing tragic about the death of Donald Rumsfeld is that it didn’t occur in an Iraqi prison. Yet that was foreordained, considering how throughout his life inside the precincts of American national security, Rumsfeld escaped the consequences of decisions he made that ensured a violent, frightening end for hundreds of thousands of people.

An actuarial table of the deaths for which Donald Rumsfeld is responsible is difficult to assemble. In part, that’s a consequence of his policy, as defense secretary from 2001 to 2006, not to compile or release body counts, a PR strategy learned after disclosing the tolls eroded support for the Vietnam War. As a final obliteration, we cannot know, let alone name, all the dead.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-rumsfeld-killer-of-400000-people-dies-peacefully/