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Nothing of the sort. Rumsfeld was forced to resign, i.e., fired. Rumsfeld was just being a team player to the very end and putting a good face on a bad situation. It is done all the time in Washington. Let's wait for Rumsfeld's book to get the real story. It will be after Bush leaves office, no doubt.

Not only in Washington; such happens everywhere. A person (executive, usually) will be told they need to resign, or they will be ingloriously fired. They will hand in the resignation and save face, saying it is "time to move on" while the employer pays lip service to their hard work and describes the desire to "move ahead in a new direction." You don't say that they're lying, but it's not entirely honest, either. It's just smart business.

In this case it doesn't mean Bush really wanted Rumsfeld to go personally, or that they had any kind of split; I feel Bush was responding to the political pressure from both sides, perhaps, and saw no other way. But do I believe Rumsfeld was/is content to leave? Not for a minute. Anyone who believes in what they are doing wants the opportunity to see it through, as long as they possibly can. jmho.

"Not only in Washington; such happens everywhere. A person (executive, usually) will be told they need to resign, or they will be ingloriously fired. They will hand in the resignation and save face, saying it is "time to move on" while the employer pays lip service to their hard work and describes the desire to "move ahead in a new direction." You don't say that they're lying, but it's not entirely honest, either. It's just smart business.

In this case it doesn't mean Bush really wanted Rumsfeld to go personally, or that they had any kind of split; I feel Bush was responding to the political pressure from both sides, perhaps, and saw no other way. But do I believe Rumsfeld was/is content to leave? Not for a minute. Anyone who believes in what they are doing wants the opportunity to see it through, as long as they possibly can. jmho."

Please see my post # 205 and respond with names of people who were fired and continued to do the same job they were fired for over a month after the firing. Then name some who were in security positions and did not have their security clearance removed.