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What Rumsfeld meant was clearly that the incidents were isolated, but I can't help thinking when people use this phrase this that the full version is "a few bad
by frereubu 5y ago
What Rumsfeld meant was clearly that the incidents were isolated, but I can't help thinking when people use this phrase this that the full version is "a few bad apples spoil the barrel." It seems particularly appropriate here.
- Gunax 5y agoThe phrase is certainly apropos, but I am not sure Rumsfeld would disagree. I believe it's implied that the behaviour of the bad apples will not be tolerated.