Rummy: "listening to them is probably not worth one's time."

[Sparkly]

Stumbled on this in a CNN transcript. This is a quote from an interview Rummy did on Al-Arabiya TV, explaining away his decision to ignore realistic predictions in favor of rosy fantasies...

JOHNS: ...Back to Rumsfeld -- he was asked in the Al-Arabiya interview whether he was wrong on anticipating the number of casualties in the Iraq war.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, AL-ARABIYA)

RUMSFELD: I made a conscious point of not predicting. I did not know. I -- I do not know now. I know I don't know. I don't pretend to know. And I think people who think they know and have a high degree of certainty about how long it lasts, or how -- what the dollar cost will be, or what the cost in human treasure will be, as I say, are almost always wrong, and, therefore, listening to them is probably not worth one's time.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/14/acd.01.html

[xultar]

1. Point proven.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Wow, rummy

In Navy leadership training I learned that listening was the most effective form of communication. You prove that point, you don't listen and you are not effective. Those classes were right on the money.

[marylanddem]

3. Cold son of a bitch.

[wtmusic]

4. Bottom line: there is no human cost too great

in their quest for Iraqi oil.

One life was too much.

[sojourner]

5. good find! thanks sparkly!!

[sojourner]

6. K & R!

[cliss]

7. He certainly wasn't this indecisive

before the war. All I can remember is, "We need to...."
"It's imperative...."

After Rumsfailed is gone, the'll coin a new phrase, "Leave it to Rumsfeld", instead of "Leave it to Beaver" = you want it botched? Let him do it.