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I'm not sure it says anything definite about the character of Rumsfeld, but what it does, is make stark the fact that some order war, and others have to actually fight and die in them. And this is an instance of making the one who orders war look inferior to the man who actually fights the war.

And there's no finessing (sp?) this, he could have signed those letters himself, it doesn't amount to a big expenditure of time.

I think Rumsfeld is being truthful when he says he just wanted to get the letters out to the families ASAP, but that's an explanation worth nothing. A delay of a couple of days here or there is meaningless.

That being said, there's probably many instances of tacky expediency in every war, ever fought, since the beginnning of time.

Did les aspin sign the letters of condolence for the rangers killed in somila, did willin strange Cohen sign letters of condolence for the people killed on the cole or other places, think not.

BTW what the hell they were in demo rat administrations and we weren't at war.

To all you jumping on Rummy, I say if I could I would be with him tomorrow, but I can't to old, but after running around in the military defending this nation for 20 years, I can tell a leader from a person who pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel.

Rumisfeld is a leader, and the people are people whose toes he stepped on trying to fight this war, whether there name is ddurbin (who has never met a solider he like unless dead) collins who thinks there should be more contracts for maine, but doesn't want the military there or biden who never can remember the lies he wrote.

I say to the critics, and this includes the families (I equate them with the jersey girls) quit your bitching and drive on.