Posted on 07/01/2021 9:14:15 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
'The only thing tragic about Donald Rumsfeld’s death is that it didn’t take place in a prison cell,' progressive journalist writes
Liberals pulled no punches in rejoicing over news of his death.
"For those too young to know, Donald Rumsfeld was an atrocious human being whose legacy is engineering unlawful, disastrous & unnecessary wars that continue to traumatize generations. He had no remorse or contrition for his role in the bloodshed. May he kick rocks for eternity," The Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali reacted.
"Bye, bi---," The Nation's Washington correspondent Aída Chávez replied.
"The only thing tragic about Donald Rumsfeld’s death is that it didn’t take place in a prison cell," progressive journalist Walker Bragman wrote.
"Any obituary of Donald Rumsfeld that doesn't specifically state that he shared responsibility for a misguided war that resulted in the deaths of 4000 American GIs and 200,000 or more Iraqi civilians is journalistic malfeasance," MSNBC analyst David Corn declared.
Far-left pundit Cenk Uygur called Rumsfeld a "heartless warmonger" who he claimed is responsible for the lives of "hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis."
Several left-wing Twitter accounts characterized Rumsfeld as a "monster" and "war criminal" for his hawkish stance on U.S. foreign policy.
"Excited Donald Rumsfeld is going to hell, but wish there was somewhere worse he could go," a news editor at Fanbyte media tweeted.
Historian Vijay Prashad said that Rumsfeld had been "recalled by the devil."
"May Donald Rumsfeld face the justice and accountability in death that he never got to face in this world for his crimes," content creator Sana Saeed responded.
"The tragedy of Donald Rumsfeld’s death is that we will remember his name, and not those of the hundreds of thousands of people he consigned to a violent death," The Daily Beast contributing editor Spencer Ackerman wrote.
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Of course they do…compassionate tolerant people that they are…
If it weren’t for the Rumsfelds of this world these lefties would be in gulags.
I remember the DUmmies over at Democratic Underground rejoicing when Rush Limbaugh’s mother died. Those people are scum.
There is.
He could have gone to ANY Democrat run city or state. At least Hell is run by a sentient being - but one who looses out in pure evil to our current DemocRAT party.
LOL, the Left maintains its ever classy role.
That is not rejoicing you see among the liberal elite, it is impotent rage that Donald Rumsfeld is forever beyond their reach.
I say, “Hail, Donald Rumsfeld”, as he brought a sense of purpose and proportion to his government service, and yet he did not become a reigning member of the Swamp. Did his job, left and went back to his life.
Several times. But he was called upon again and again, until the Mobocracy grew restless. In 2006, he left for home for good.
Rumsfeld wanted to spend the budget on things that fit what the military needed to perform their missions. Congress wanted to spend the money for political benefit. Rumsfeld had to sell all of his defense related stocks in order to take the position he held. But Congressmen can legally buy or sell stocks based on insider information, which is one of the several way to monetize their office. This insider trading is what Martha Stewart went to prison for.
Isn’t it interesting that not one of these “journalists” has a common American name?
But that’s racist, isn’t it. My bad. /s
Wajahat Alis helped launch Al Jazeera America
https://www.aacu.org/wajahat-ali-biography
Born in Pakistan
Yeah you should have seen this place when RBG died. Enough to make liberals blush.
If I had a cable news show I would have tried to get George W on to remember the life of Donald Rumsfeld.
But of course to get it into perspective Rumsfeld was a protege of Gerald Ford whom Ronald Reagan challenged as the more conservative POTUS candidate in 1976.
I saw Don Rumsfeld on Fox News trying to make me believe that the more “moderate” Republicans like himself were the conservatives.
I can’t accept that.
Hating “moderate” Council on Foreign Relations Republicans like the now late Donald Rumsfeld is no answer for me.
I choose to treat Donald Rumsfeld with the dignity and respect he deserves and honor him along with his peers like George W. Bush.
But I will not tell you that Donald Rumsfeld was a “Conservative” by my definition of “Conservative”.
I will not try to con you into believing that.
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, journalist, commentator, and Marxist intellectual
https://twitter.com/vijayprashad
Marxist intellectual is an oxymoron
All’s Fair.
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