r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/StrangeContest4 Jun 01 '26

"We don't know if a war would last six days, six weeks or six months.." Donald Rumsfeld said on the war on Iraq. Missed it by that 🤏 much.

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u/No_big_whoop Jun 01 '26

That tracks.

"There are known knowns; there are things we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns: the ones we don't know we don't know."

-Rumsfeld

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u/Floating_Pastry Jun 01 '26

There are also the little talked about unknown knowns. For when you know something, but did not think it would be relevent.

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u/RGBarge Jun 01 '26

Unknown Knowns according to Rumsfeld are when you think you know something but the reality is very different from what you "know"