Rumsfeld Handshake Proves Popular
With Defense Secretary Rumsfeld making “appeasement” the big buzzword of the month, the George Washington University’s National Security Archive notes that its single most-downloaded file is now the once-classified batch of documents, photos and video documenting Rumsfeld’s handshake and meeting with Saddam Hussein in December 1983. President Reagan had sent Rumsfeld to Baghdad to help restore diplomatic ties with Iraq and aid Baghdad in its fight against Iran
“Rumsfeld meeting Saddam has now far outpaced the previous winner, which was Elvis meeting Nixon,” says Thomas Blanton, director of the archive, which collects and posts significant declassified documents under the Freedom of Information Act............
(The National Security Archive
Saddam Hussein greets Rumsfeld in Baghdad, 1983)
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Hey Rose, what have you been up to?
Remember Elizabeth B?Rex? I guess she moved over to TBR from Loose, just a few girls over there and we would love to have you.
If you like joking around and such. After today, I think the girls might be gunning for revenge!
(We gave the girls a bad time today).
Hope to see you there sometime. TBR's @
www.thebluerepublic.com
you will NEVER see me there aj. yes, i do like to joke around and such. although not with elizabeth and rex
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