Somehow Bill O' wasn't quite his usual self in his exclusive one on one with Rummy. Watch out Mr. Secretary you don't want to get hit by one of those flying softballs. And be careful when you get up from your chair. ou might knock over someone behind you on his knees kissing your butt.
O'REILLY: How can the U.S. and Britain stop the Shia from killing the Sunni and vice versa? In that civil war there, how can we stop it?
RUMSFELD: First of all there isn't a civil war by anyone that I talk to's assessment. There's sectarian violence, you're right. Now, how do you stop that? You don't stop it militarily. The only 
way this is going to stop is if the government engages in a unity government that represents all the people in that country, which they're very close to having, and they then engage in a reconciliation process where they reach out to the elements that are still dissidents and have a process where people can legitimately reengage and they intend to do it, the prime minister designate has announced he was going to do it. The Sunnis and the Shias and the Kurds agreed to it
O'REILLY: Sadr's militia. This is a vicious guy.
RUMSFELD: The first thing that he did, the new prime minister designate, Prime Minister Maliki, he went down and saw Sistani, the senior cleric in the country, and said I'm worried about these militias and Sistani said he's worried about them. And they both announced that one of the new tasks of the new government would be to deal with the militias. And they're making progress.
O'REILLY: I hope so.
(news update :
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's parliament approved a national unity government on Saturday, achieving a goal the U.S. hopes will reduce widespread violence so that U.S. forces can eventually go home. But as the legislators met, at least 27 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of attacks. Police also found the bodies of 21 Iraqis who apparently had been kidnapped and tortured by death squads that plague the capital and another area.
and of course the devil is in the details, a cabinet was agreed upon but they couldn't reach agreement on the permanent choices for the two ministries that will determine the immediate future for Iraq:
Al-Maliki said he would set ''an objective timetable to transfer the full security mission to Iraqi forces, ending the mission of the multinational forces.''
But his (PM Mailiki) failure to fill the top two security porfolios illustrated the challenges ahead. Al-Maliki, a Shiite, said he would be acting interior minister for now, and he made Salam Zikam al-Zubaie, a Sunni Arab, the temporary defense minister.
But I guess they have a permanent choice for Minister of Cultural Affairs.)
Back to Rummy's interview with tough guy only the facts, I give this administration a rough time Bill O':
and watch out because here goes Rummy again....
O'REILLY: No, they can't lose militarily, but it's cost the United States taxpayer about $400 billion up this point.
RUMSFELD: Think of what 9/11 cost us. Wouldn't you rather fight those people over there instead of fighting them here?
O'REILLY: Yes.
I do think Rummy has lost it long ago. The WH tried the above nonsense as a talking point months ago and dropped it quickly And if no one he's spoken to thinks it's a civil war in Iraq then clearly he doesn't speak to anyone that has the kohones to give their independent assessment of Iraq. Clearly someone in the state, the military, dod, cia or nsa thinks there is a civil war going on.
I'm sure Mr. Secretary would have this for me:
here's more
O'REILLY: But there is a question. You're challenged all the time on that. RUMSFELD: By people who don't know what they're talking about. The reality is that anyone that you talk to will tell you that — Zarqawi says that the central front on the war on terror is in Iraq. O'REILLY: All right. RUMSFELD: It isn't debatable. O'REILLY: Come on you know if there's a Democratic president elected in 2008, he's going to very likely change your policies or President Bush's policies. But, look, I support the Iraq war because I believe that if we pulled out of there. RUMSFELD: Oh. O'REILLY: Iran would move in and then Iran would be the dominant player in the gulf, allying with Syria and it's just going to be a nightmare. RUMSFELD: That's right. The moderate regimes in that part of the world would be gone. O'REILLY: Right. Slow down guys, my head is spinning from the spin. We're fighting al qaeda, but if we were to leave it isn't al qaeda that would be running the show, it would be Iran. So we're fighting a proxy war against Iran in Iraq ? But the Iranians are Shiites and the democratically elected Iraqi government dominated by Shiites, which Secy Rumsfeld just expressed such faih in have already been cutting deals with Iran. And al qaeda is fighting on the side of the sunnis, so if they benefitted from a US withdrawal how would it help the Shiite Iranians. Whew...I'm confused.
I can just here Rummy now...this ones for you kid:
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