Rumsfeld, Bush and Now Poodles Patraeus

"As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld

When asked by Senator John Warner (R-Va) if the US is safer because of its presence in Iraq, General David Petraeus answered “I don’t know.” The following day, he recanted that testimony and said we were. President George W. Bush is expected to say we can begin reducing troops in Iraq because he now knows the surge is working. Six months ago he said that we need the surge because he knew present troop levels weren’t getting the job done. So he knew what was best then; but now he knows better. At least so far as we know.

So it appears the spirit of Donald Rumsfeld still permeates the Pentagon and the White House. And polls show President Bush is enjoying his own “surge” of in popularity. Some analysts are calling it a “sympathy surge” since the president has been taking some lumps lately.

Is this a great country, or what?