[evad]

When one surveys the list of options presented by Rumsfeld here, it is dismaying.

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. There are parts of Iraq that are the best of times and parts that are the worst.

What is dismaying to me is that we allow anything published by the Times to guide our thinking into the worst of times. We seem to never learn.

I'm sure Rummy would still be DefSec, if the election had gone differently, but WE (the American people) deserted him, and W, sooo, out he went. So be it.

W will still prosecute the WOT, with his new DefSec, as he thinks best. He will do it to the best of his ability although I think he has been wounded by this latest slap in the face by the "American people".

[nathanbedford]

I rather thought I was reacting to the words of the Secretary himself.

[21stCenturyFreeThinker]

What is dismaying to me is that we allow anything published by the Times to guide our thinking into the worst of times. We seem to never learn.

Like I said earlier, this memo and the Hadley memo had to be leaked by people pretty high up in the Administration. I don't think it matters whether it was in the New York Times or the Washington Times. Who leaked it and why is a lot more important question.