Kristol is also backing his hero McCain..He whines, he pouts, he supports Bush, then stabs him in the back. Rumsfield is the President's pick..
Novak did not want to go to war...
Rumsfeld's civilian colleagues at the Pentagon are furious because they consider Kristol a manipulative political operative, critiquing the war in Iraq after years of promoting it.This is an astute judgement by those in the Pentagon. I have a long list of things Kristol has done to manipulate people in Washington, including sabotaging Dan Quayle and (although I can't prove it) orchestrating the Jeffords defection.
I don't like Kristol, don't trust him (remember the "profound national humiliation " column attacking the President for negotiating the release of the spy plane crew?) and I think he is a total horse's rear.