"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
So declares former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in his book 'KNOWN AND UNKNOWN'.
# Rumsfeld warned in 2001 of Afghan “swamp” and “not to make a career out of transforming Afghanistan;” parts ways with neocons on use of military to spread democracy around the world
# Lashes out at Clinton, Kerry, Biden for flip-flops on Iraq: “You wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with them.”
# Disputes Powell’s claim that he was “duped” by administration on Iraq WMD, says Powell was no Bush administration “maverick”
# Bashes CNN for concealing Saddam's crimes against humanity prior to start of war
# Document: Rumsfeld pressed for more troops in Tora Bora to get bin Laden in 2001
# Says biggest regret not insisting on resigning after Abu Ghraib
# Says McCain had “hair-trigger temper” and “a propensity to shift his positions to appeal to the media”
# Shares his side of a decades long feud with Bush 41
# Aide tells Rumsfeld on 9/11: “You’re a son of a bitch.” Lives to tell the tale
# Had young Geraldo Rivera arrested in 1970s student protest, when he was known as Jerry Rivers
# Describes surprising encounter with Elvis in The King’s Las Vegas dressing room
# Recounts weird meetings with a confused President-elect Jimmy Carter
# Kissinger during last days of Watergate: “Rummy, we don’t even argue with Nixon anymore”