I'm not saying that Rummy isn't a stand up guy, what I'm saying is that he's botched the Iraqi phase of the GWOT and has become a lightening rod for the administration. Heck, even some successful conservative Republicans re-elected here in Virginia tonight (Jo Ann Davis) have called for his head. He should do the right thing and fall on his sword...he was in the Navy and should realize that the captain goes down with his ship, not the admiral!
What exactly has he botched? Additional troops would not help the situation right now.
I think he's done an excellent job.
I stand with Rumsfeld. I appreciate your point of view, but I disagree.
I will say that I am not confident he will not step down. You may get what you have asked for. And maybe that will work out well.
We lost 23,000 men in one day during the Civil War. The South was winning up until that point. And had today's media spun as they do now, we'd have for certain been told the north lost that battle. Instead it was the turning point of the war.
We're doing just fine. Most of the troops returning home are pissed to see what the media is doing. I say stand up like men and tell the media to go to hell.