"Pampered retirements" for a career military officer, means having a retirement AT ALL. To protect your retirement, your wife, and your family is NOT a dishonorable thing.
Rummy is and has been a jerk--even if the press (and Bush loyalists) love him.
Bush loyalists, in my opinion--due to his consistant big-government policies--are not true conservatives anyway...
Rummy is and has been a master--even if the press (and Bush haters) despise him.
Yeah, If you say so. I always considered myself as a strong conservative on most, if not all, things. But, if being a "true conservative" is going along with you, I'd rather not be a "true conservative" at all! After trashing all the supporters of Bush, and/or Rumsfeld, I'm kind of wondering if maybe it's YOU that's the "jerk"? Think about that for awhile!