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If you're going to say something, then just say it, jackass.
Will I miss that stupid device where Rumsfeld responds to a question with another series of questions directed at himself, which he then answers? No.
Do I think that this passive voiced mechanism is condescending to the listener and a needlessly verbose complicated construction designed to evade responsibility and easy quotation? Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.
Should Donald Rumsfeld let the door hit him in the ass on the way out? No.