I guess you have not had the time to read these threads, where the contrary opinion often prevails and is loudly trumpeted.
"The most devastating admission is the one he did not make. After telling us that what we are doing is not working and it is not working to a degree that we must make a major change now, he cannot provide a winning choice, merely a list of unpalatable options. So unlikely of success are these options that they must be downplayed so as to minimize the political effects of the failures. We have no good options."
"It is devastating when it is unspun."
Err, I'm not sure I agree with this. If there were any "good options", we wouldn't have needed to go to war in the first place. The entire Iraq War was a gamble... one I did and still do approve of. I never thought it was a sure thing, only that it was the best plan available, because letting Saddam continue to pollute what was already a complete cesspool in the M/E didn't even have as much a chance of success as going to war has.
Yes, very often in life and especially in war, there are no good options. I thought it was obvious to everyone that the entire M/E situation was firmly in that category for a long time. Why would it be news that Rummy would agree with that assessment, much less "devastating"?
Qwinn
I guess you have not had the time to read these threads, where the contrary opinion often prevails and is loudly trumpeted.