And The Falcon Said To His Snowflake Men....

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....."Keep Up The Fear!"

Back when he had the power and what he apparently thought was all the glory, Donald Rumsfeld liked to write short and pointed memos to his staff.

These missives were known as 'snowflakes'.

And now someone has leaked some of the blow to Robin Wright of the Washington Post.

As you might expect there is an, 'ahem', liberal dose of the fear mongering.

"Under siege in April 2006, when a series of retired generals denounced him and called for his resignation in newspaper op-ed pieces, Rumsfeld produced a memo after a conference call with military analysts. "Talk about Somalia, the Philippines, etc. Make the American people realize they are surrounded in the world by violent extremists," he wrote."

But there is also something else.

Something that has a slight whiff of the Fatherland about it.

"People will "rally" to sacrifice, he noted after the meeting. "They are looking for leadership. Sacrifice = Victory."

Scary and banal at the same time, don't you think - especially when you recall what was happening in places like Fallujah.

And then, of course, there is that other thing.

That thing that starts with an 'E' that is hanging just off the tip of your tongue right now.

And just in case you've forgotten, it's the back-end of that PNACkian Paddywacker's couplet that once made Mr. David Frum the darling of the neandercons everywhere.

OK?

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