RUMSFELD: 900 NATIONS NOW IN COALITION
Defends Inclusion of Disneyland, Carpet World
Appearing on NBCs Meet the Press Sunday morning, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that there were now over nine hundred nations in the coalition against Iraq, with hundreds more joining by the hour.
Quite frankly, so many nations want to join the coalition right now Im having the darnedest time keeping track of them all, Mr. Rumsfeld said, adding that the State Department had just run out of Coalition of the Willing T-shirts because of the swelling roster.
But NBCs Tim Russert took issue with the inclusion of some of the names on the list, asking the Defense Secretary whether Disneyland, for example, should be considered a sovereign nation.
Good heavens, why shouldnt it be? Rumsfeld replied. Its an awfully big place. If were going to consider Cameroon a nation, why not Disneyland?
After Rumsfeld defended the inclusion of independent republics of Disneyland such as Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, Mr. Russert asked him about the inclusion of Carpet World, a Paramus, New Jersey carpet retailer.
Heavens to Betsy, Carpet World has been very helpful in this effort, Mr. Rumsfeld said. Theyre contributing carpet.
Later in his appearance on Meet the Press, Secretary Rumsfeld took issue with the old saw, The first casualty in any war is the truth.
When people say that the first casualty of war is the truth, I say to them, that may or may not be true, Mr. Rumsfeld said. For Petes sake, I have no way of knowing whether thats true or not or not.
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Defends Inclusion of Disneyland, Carpet World
Appearing on NBCs Meet the Press Sunday morning, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that there were now over nine hundred nations in the coalition against Iraq, with hundreds more joining by the hour.
Quite frankly, so many nations want to join the coalition right now Im having the darnedest time keeping track of them all, Mr. Rumsfeld said, adding that the State Department had just run out of Coalition of the Willing T-shirts because of the swelling roster.
But NBCs Tim Russert took issue with the inclusion of some of the names on the list, asking the Defense Secretary whether Disneyland, for example, should be considered a sovereign nation.
Good heavens, why shouldnt it be? Rumsfeld replied. Its an awfully big place. If were going to consider Cameroon a nation, why not Disneyland?
After Rumsfeld defended the inclusion of independent republics of Disneyland such as Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, Mr. Russert asked him about the inclusion of Carpet World, a Paramus, New Jersey carpet retailer.
Heavens to Betsy, Carpet World has been very helpful in this effort, Mr. Rumsfeld said. Theyre contributing carpet.
Later in his appearance on Meet the Press, Secretary Rumsfeld took issue with the old saw, The first casualty in any war is the truth.
When people say that the first casualty of war is the truth, I say to them, that may or may not be true, Mr. Rumsfeld said. For Petes sake, I have no way of knowing whether thats true or not or not.
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