Rumsfeld on Iraq and Civil War: “Oh, I don’t know.”

Q: Is the country closer to a civil war?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, I don’t know. You know, I thought about that last night, and just musing over the words, the phrase, and what constitutes it. If you think of our Civil War, this is really very different. If you think of civil wars in other countries, this is really quite different. There is - there is a good deal of violence in Baghdad and two or three other provinces, and yet in 14 other provinces there’s very little violence or numbers of incidents. So it’s a - it’s a highly concentrated thing. It clearly is being stimulated by people who would like to have what could be characterized as a civil war and win it, but I’m not going to be the one to decide if, when or at all.

I ran it through my sekrit decoder ring and this is what it came up with:

Q: Is the country closer to a civil war?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, I don’t care. Why is Iraq relevant? We’re there to make money, kill off undesirables (low-income Americans and any Iraqi), and to usher in the Armageddon. Why are you bothering asking me such trivial questions as to whether or not Iraq is in the middle of a civil war? As long as the bullets keep flying, the money, oil, and power keep flowing. Fuck You* Jackass.”

(the only literal quote in that bit is the “Fuck You.”)