Back Off, Man, I'm the SecDef

I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more Rumsfeld. Asked by a Palestinian thug at the Munich Conference as to why Israel was not placed under the same judgment as Iran or North Korea:

You know the answer before I give it, I’m sure. The world knows the answer. We take the world like you find it; and Israel is a small state with a small population. It’s a democracy and it exists in a neighborhood that in many — over a period of time has opined from time to time that they’d prefer it not be there and they’d like it to be put in the sea. And Israel has opined that it would prefer not to get put in the sea, and as a result, over a period of decades, it has arranged itself so it hasn’t been put in the sea.

Thank you very much.


Why don't these gems receive more press? No, Mister Secretary: thank you.

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