BBC:
Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the main architects of the Iraq war, has died at the age of 88.Serving under President George W Bush, he was a leading proponent of the administration’s „war on terror“.
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Reacting to the news, President Bush described him as „a very good man“ and an „exemplary public servant“ who „never flinched from responsibility“.
Rumsfeld was chief of staff to President Gerald Ford in the mid-1970s, serving alongside future vice-president Dick Cheney, then became defense secretary.
The Nixon Administration doesn’t make it into Smith’s piece – this is, after all, Guardian-level analysis.
Die Bundeswehr zieht aus Afghanistan ab. Damit endet der längste und verlustreichste Auslandseinsatz ihrer Geschichte. War es das wert? Das fragen sich die zurückkehrenden Soldaten ebenso wie die Afghanen, die über Jahre neben dem letzten Camp der Deutschen gelebt haben.
