Rumsfail (rums´ fa-l), v., 1.
To self-destruct, melt-down or implode
under the weight of one’s own arrogance.
2. To fail spectacularly, particularly in
matters of warfare or diplomacy; to
plunge into chaos. 3. Absolute,
unmitigated disaster of national or
international proportions and
consequence; policy failure so utterly
abject and miserable as to approach the
realm of the epic. “Although long
considered to be a costly and murderous
fiasco, the prisoner abuse scandal
revealed the war in Iraq to be nothing
short of a rumsfailure.” See also: “Karma”
.
