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Ditto. Probably the best since our last Secretary Of War during WW II, Henry Stimson.

Nope but Cap Weinberger sure as heck was. Rummy was Fords Sec of Def? Remember that one? Remember the hollow Carter Military? It was pretty much emptied out bu January 1977. Only a 1979-80 Secretary of the Navy was the bright spot in that period of history from 1974-Jan 1981. He started the Navy on the road to recovery.

Nope but Cap Weinberger sure as heck was.

Both were great Secetaries. You can argue the merits of each but they faced very different challenges and political and international environments. I probably like Rummy better because he had a personality that was toxic to the libs. His easy sense of confidence and faith in our mission, well, Cap Weinberger was just as smart but somehow didn't really convey that sort of vice-Commander-In-Chief thing that Rummy has had.

Rummy was more visibly a wartime secretary than Weinberger, perhaps. And he was more comfortable with the media. OTOH, Cap never had a solid GOP congress so he had to be more careful in public so we just didn't know him as well as Rummy.

Personally, I think it's best for Rummy to go. I don't like the thought of a bunch of Dim gnats and media leeches slowly chewing him to death and trying to humiliate and assassinate his character for the next two years. The old warrior deserves better than that.