Rummy's Rant

Here's an imaginary dialogue between Donald Rumsfeld and General Barkley, regarding armor.

Excerpt:

RUMSFELD: Aha! No! The reason that you're here, general, is to share with me what is known about the now-known problem and also to present, as always, any problems that I don't know so that I can know them and thereby not not know them anymore, while you, in turn, must endeavor to determine what I know as far as what is known to be a known problem and thus be in a position to inform me about what you know I don't know.

BARKLEY: We don't have enough armored vehicles in Iraq.

RUMSFELD: What?

BARKLEY: Iraq. We don't have enough armored vehicles. That's a problem.

RUMSFELD: And this is a known problem, personally, to you, knowledge-wise?

BARKLEY: Yeah. We've.... sent memos.