Frontline Club this evening

I went to the Frontline Club this evening to attend a talk by Andrew Cockburn who presented his new book on Rumsfeld. He made no secret about his absolute dislike of Rumsfeld. The subtitle of the book says it all: Rumsfeld – the Man Behind the US Military Disaster. The evening was quite entertaining in the presence of an audience, which largely shared the negative assessment of Rumsfeld’s character and achievements. Cockburn presented a well-researched book, which is based on a lot of interviews with people working closely with Rumsfeld. As I mentioned, Cockburn had no qualms about the dubious character that Rumsfeld is and the 750,000 deaths he is ultimately responsible for in an ill-fated Iraq war. Cockburn’s quote sums it up quite nicely: ”Rumsfeld has managed to do as much harm as possible in his time in office.”

Anecdotally, Brian Eno was also in the audience and even asked a question at the end. For those for whom Brian Eno is unknown: Brian Eno is a legend in the music business and has produced bands such as U2, Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel and has also worked with the likes of Philip Glass and David Bowie.

What a small village London is :-)