Rumsfeld says the U.S. does not know how to fight terrorists

In a speech at Kansas State University, for mer Defense sectretary Donald Rumsefled said the U.S. does not know how to control violent terrorists, “

“Quite honestly,” Rumsfeld said, “our country does not have experience attempting to impose control and our will over vicious, violent extremists that don’t have armies, don’t have navies, don’t have air forces, and operate in the shadows.”

In Iraq and Afghanistan, “insurgents fashion deadly IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and road bombs using propane tanks and garage-door openers,” Rumsfeld said. “Nations like Iran and Syria seek to undermine U.S. and allied interests by moving weapons and money and terrorists and insurgents. In the future, there could be attacks on computer networks, water supplies, communication systems.”

Which leads me to ask why he did not try to devise new strategies working with experts or even listening to others who have fought terrorists before? As noted by other conservatives, neocons are so arrogant that they think they know all the answers and any ideas coming from someone else has to be faulty. I hope that Rumsfeld’s leaving encourages other neocons in the Government to clean out their desks and go back to their extremist think tanks.