Rumsfeld: "Are more terrorists being created in the world?"

[cynatnite]

We don't know. The world doesn't know," said Rumsfeld, adding that there are no good ways to measure "The world doesn't know. There aren't good ways to measure how many terrorists are being trained at camps around the world."

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PORTOROZ, Slovenia - It is impossible to know with any precision whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they've killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

In his first extensive remarks about a recent U.S. intelligence report saying the threat of terrorism has risen, Rumsfeld told reporters at a NATO meeting that, in general, the value of intelligence reports can be uneven, and "sometimes it's just flat wrong."

But he added that, "the implication that if you stop killing or capturing people who are trying to kill you, then therefore the world would be a better place, is obviously nonsensical."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld_intelligence

[sakabatou]

1. Fire his goddamned ass!

[Kajsa]

2. OMG

That's the response from the
" Secretary of Defense" of the United States of America?!?

What does this man know?
I have yet to hear of it.

:grr:

[cynatnite]

3. On CNN a report with troops in Ramadi...

The commander told the reporter he doesn't have enough troops and doesn't think they can win in Ramadi. Ramadi is called the 'meat grinder' because of the high casualty rate.

Sickening, isn't it? :puke: I really hate that bastard.

[Supersedeas]

5. Where was that healthy skeptism of intelligence reports during the lead

up to Iraq--oh, right many of those report were ignored too.

[Johonny]

4. Nonsensical?

Doesn't it depend on why they are trying to kill you? If say you invaded their country, tortured them, set up your own puppet government in their country and make it clear you never plan to leave cause you want to steal their natural resources, oh and you might be engaged in some type of holy war... well stopping problably can't hurt.

"the implication that if you stop killing or capturing people who are trying to kill you, then therefore the world would be a better place, is obviously nonsensical."