And it's untidy. And freedom's untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They are also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. And that's what's going to happen here.
Rumsfeld discusses the complexities and challenges of freedom in Iraq.
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We went to war with the Army we had, not the Army we would have liked to have.
You go to war with the army you have, not the one you might want or wish to have.
But, as Donald Rumsfeld, who, sadly, passed away today, said numerous times, the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Our goal is to defend the American people and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and to liberate the Iraqi people.
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