“The intelligence community has imperfect visibility.” That’s Secretary of Defense Donald
\nRumsfeld assessing U.S. confusion on the terrorist threats in Iraq, as quoted today in The
\nNew York Times. Doncha love the way he slaughters the language? He doesn’t just drain it
\nof meaning, he sucks the life out of it. And how about his judgment on
\nsecurity in Iraq? “It seems to me that the trajectory we’re on is a good one.” Must we
\ntolerate much more of his gibberish? To call it lying would be charitable. If
\nonly Evelyn Waugh were still around.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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