Donald Rumsfeld on Afghanistan War: “It’s not combat, as such”
Donald Rumsfeld on Afghanistan War: “It’s not combat, as such”
By Jonathan Karl, Richard Coolidge, and Jordyn Phelps – 8 hrs ago
Donald Rumsfeld made a habit of collecting adages to live by over the course of his decades-long government career. His collection began as a stack of index cards, which then transformed into a White House document dubbed “Rumsfeld’s Rules” by President Ford, and has now evolved into a book.
Most of Rumsfeld’s new book Rumsfeld’s Rules focuses on lessons in leadership, but it also sheds new light on the early days of the Bush administration’s “War on Terror.”
The former secretary of defense reveals in the book that he doesn't recall the National Security Council ever having a formal discussion “to consider the consequences and costs of a long-term and large-scale military presence” in Afghanistan.
When asked by Politics Confidential about the apparent lack of decision-making, Rumsfeld qualifies that U.S. military operations in Afghanistan are a unique situation: “Well, it's not combat, as such. It's different than a World War II combat or a Korean War combat. It's even different from the beginning of the attack on Afghanistan, when the Taliban were defeated within a matter of weeks.”
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