More stuff happens. Who can forget what a genius Donald Rumsfeld was way back when. CNN:
Donald Rumsfeld's Iraqi war plan worked beautifully for three weeks. U.S. troops quickly deposed Saddam Hussein and captured Baghdad with a relatively small force and with lightning speed.
But with Iraq on the verge of civil war three years later, the secretary of defense now admits that no one was well-prepared for what would happen after major combat ended.
"Well, I think that anyone who looks at it with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight has to say that there was not an anticipation that the level of insurgency would be anything approximating what it is," Rumsfeld told CNN for the documentary, "CNN Presents Rumsfeld -- Man of War," which debuts Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
More stuff happens. The old boxing adage says every boxer has a plan until he gets hit. Rumseld quite famously was a wrestler. Obviously he sees now there are a few more rounds to go.
Strange timing. The Rumsfeld special will immediately follow the Bob Woodward bookfest on CBS's Sixty Minutes, where the wooden one reveals again Andy Card and Laura Bush both wanted Rumsfeld out.
Hindsight: Back in November Rumsfeld denied there was an insurgency "This is a group of people who don’t merit the word "insurgency," I think. But I’ll look it up. You look it up for me, too. I’m sure you will."
