I can't believe it. I've become that guy — the guy who sits alone on the couch, spewing profanity at the television. Did anyone else watch Donald Rumsfeld on Meet the Press this morning? That guy doesn't even pretend to be telling the truth anymore. Russert confronted him with this snippet from a recent piece by George Will:
Some say the war was justified even if WMDs are not found nor their destruction explained, because the world is "better off" without Saddam. Of course it is better off. But unless one is prepared to postulate a U.S. right, perhaps even a duty, to militarily dismantle any tyranny — on to Burma? — it is unacceptable to argue that Saddam's mass graves and torture chambers suffice as retrospective justifications for pre-emptive war. Americans seem sanguine about the failure — so far — to validate the war's premise about the threat posed by Saddam's WMDs, but a long-term failure would unravel much of this president's policy and rhetoric.
Russert: Will America's reputation suffer if we do not find WMD?
Rumsfeld: We will find them [smug smile].
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