New Rumsfeld Memo Urges Firing Rumsfeld
Calls Axing Self Key to Iraq Strategy
In a newly leaked memo written my forr Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld just hours before he resigned from his position, Mr. Rumsfeld proposes firing himself as the cornerstone of a new strategy for the war in Iraq.
The memo offers fascinating insight into the thought process of the embattled Mr. Rumsfeld, who suggests that victory in Iraq would only be possible if he were canned first.
“We must demonstrate to the American people that we are serious about winning the war in Iraq,” Mr. Rumsfeld writes in the memo. “And one surefire way to do that would be by firing my ass.”
Mr. Rumsfeld goes on to say that his dismissal would result in “jubilation” among Democrats and Republicans alike, “not to mention Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds.”
The memo offers other intriguing suggestions for shifting the strategy in Iraq, including a proposal to leak a different memo penned by Mr. Rumsfeld every day for the foreseeable future.
“By leaking memos written by me, we will succeed in taking the American people’s minds off of how crappy things are going in Iraq and will instead make them see that I was right about everything all along,” Mr. Rumsfeld writes in the memo.
While the precise source of the newly leaked memo remains unclear, the document was faxed to major news organizations last night with a cover letter signed by someone calling himself Ronald Dumsfeld.
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