The world according to Rummy

Some enterprising blogger with more time and better technical skills could make a hobby of charting the conflicting statements Rummy has made on the troop levels in Iraq. Today's prediction:

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday he expects some 20,000 U.S. troops to return home from Iraq after next week's elections, and he suggested that some of the remaining 137,000 forces could pull out next year.

"If conditions permit, we could go below that," he said in the latest administration hint of at least a modest reduction next year.

Wasn't that equivalent to cutting and running last week? And let's not forget torture. There's another rich category for an archivist. We don't torture of course but today's propaganda:

The Pentagon chief also said he believed the White House and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would "end up working something out" during negotiations over legislation standardizing interrogation techniques and banning mistreatment of foreign terrorism suspects in U.S. custody.

Standardizing interrogation techniques? No wonder Rummy is going off his rocker. He must dizzy from this much spin. I guess their new strategy is shocking and confusing the public into compliance. If they change their statements every day, no one will know what they really mean - unfortunately, including themselves.