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Despite the grim outlook, most reporters still failed to directly challenge the architects of the war when given the chance.  When they did attempt to pin them down, the questions were often sidestepped or mocked.  No one got away with this more regularly than Donald Rumsfeld.  His artful evasions were even put in verse form and reprinted in a book of “poetry.”  But one enterprising reporter figured out one way to get to the bottom of one issue, at least. It led to one of the most famous quotes of the entire war:  Rumsfeld declared that “you have to go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want.”

Greg Mitchell. So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits – and the President – Failed on Iraq. Sinclair Books. © 2013.