Krugman brings pain, Rumsfeld unsubscribes

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had this to say on the morning of the 10th anniversary of 9/11:

What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons. …

The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who played a key role in the cashing in, subsequently cancelled his subscription to The Times the same morning.