Rewriting History

More bullshit fun from Dangerous Donny Rumsfeld...

Here is what Mr. Rumsfeld said on NewsHour w/ Jim Lehrer yesterday:

"I was very careful. I never predicted any number of deaths or the cost or the length because I’ve looked at a lot of wars, and anyone who tries to do that is going to find themselves wrong, flat wrong… I don’t know anybody who had any reasonable expectations about the number or the length of the war or the cost of the war. I just don’t — no one I know went out and said these are how those three metrics ought to be considered. And you can take it to the bank."

Looks like it's time for another... History Lesson!

-Length:

*“It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.”
-Donald Rumsfeld (February 7, 2003)

*"I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months."
-Vice President Cheney (March 16, 2003)

-Cost:

*"There's a lot of money there [in Iraq]. To assume we're going to pay for it all is just wrong."
-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to Congress on February 27, 2003

*“The administration’s top budget [Mitch Daniels] official estimated today that the cost of a war with Iraq could be in the range of $50 billion to $60 billion… Mr. Daniels declined to explain how budget officials had reached the $50 billion to $60 billion range for war costs…”
-New York Times report (12/31/02)

-Casualties:

*Q: If your analysis is not correct, and we’re not treated as liberators, but as conquerors, and the Iraqis begin to resist, particularly in Baghdad, do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?

Cheney: Well, I don’t think it’s likely to unfold that way, Tim, because I really do believe that we will be greeted as liberators.
-From a Meet the Press interview (3/16/03)

*"It's approximately 500, of which — I can get the exact numbers — approximately 350 are combat deaths."
-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz wrongly answering a question on how many U.S. soldiers died... he was off by about 200. (April 29, 2004)

You guys might want to stop talking. Your lies are getting way too easy to point out.

You do realize people document the things you say, right?

[Hat tip-
Think Progress]