Known Knowns, Apparently

It is so classic that Rumsfeld would ask his staff for a list of things that had not happened--things that they had not screwed up--only to see nearly all of them happening:

Ok, to be fair, not all of these happened.  Just nearly all of them.

• Turkey, Iran or Israel?  Check with a major empowering of Iran.
• No WMD used against US or allied foces.  Nope.  Of course, they didn't have any.
• No Israeli involvement.  
• Iraq descends into Anarchy?  Double check.
• Iraq becomes balkanized?  You mean, ethnic cleansing and clear dividing lines between the ethnic groups?  Check.
• POW crisis?  Oh my goodness, yes.  
• Saddam using WMD against rebels?  Um, real WMD fixation here for 2004 when we knew there were no WMDs.
• No hot pursuit.
• Widespread vigilante justice?  Well, stuff happens, right Rummy?

Just some stunning stuff in ye old archives.