Donald Rumsfeld--American Philosopher and Hero in Error

Dobnald Rumsfeld's memoir is finally out. We should take a moment to contemplate his primary contribution to our understanding:

"Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me because as we know,there are known knowns:there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns:that is to say we know there are some things we know we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns--the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult one."

I would love to teach a college course just on that quote. It has already been turned into poetry and the opening premise of a book of art criticism. Stay tuned for more revelations from Rummy.