Rumsfeld compares self to Lincoln, jokes about abuse scandal

This guy simply doesn't get it. According to ABC News, Rumsfeld made a joke today about the criticism he's facing as a result of the prison scandal, then turned around and compared the criticism he's getting to the criticism Abraham Lincoln got for fighting the civil war. Excuse me? So, folks who are critical of the fact that we've been torturing Iraqi civilians are, what, segregationists? These are not the contrite comments of a man who accepts responsiblity and accepts that he's done wrong. You don't testify before Congress one day and say I'm sorry, then the next compare your actions to Abraham Lincoln's. So Rumseld's apology before Congress was a lie.