Impossible competence

This October 8 Washington Post note did not make much of a mark on the media, in spite of being a secret Rumsfeld memo leaked by Bob Woodward. The item I found most interesting, and worrysome, was this proposal (emphasis added):

3. A Goldwater-Nichols process for the national security portions of the U.S. government. The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols legislation led to greater jointness and interdependence in the Department of Defense among the 4 services, but it has taken 20 years to begin to fully realize its potential. The broader [U.S. government] structure is still in the industrial age and it is not serving us well. It is time to consider a new Hoover Commission to recommend ways to reorganize both the executive and legislative branches, to put us on a more appropriate path for the 21st century. Only a broad, fundamental reorganization is likely to enable federal departments and agencies to function with the speed and agility the times demand. The charge of incompetence against the U.S. government should be easy to rebut if the American people understand the extent to which the current system of government makes competence next to impossible.

Does Rumsfeld really think that competence in National Security is "next to impossible" under the current system? Rather scary, from someone in charge of running the Defense Department. But then, wouldn't this also absolve him, in his mind, of any responsibility for how things go?