They even admit that President Bush signed the same type of letters... the Commander in Chief, that in and of itself should be enough, but why not make everyone in the chain of command sign a freaking letter.
This is total bs.
Nobody is "making" anybody sign anything, least of all the President. But if Rumsfeld is going to send letters, they at the very least should have been signed by him personally. Doing anything else looks cheap and gives the impression that the sacrifice of wounded American soldiers rates nothing more than a form letter. I would have been baying for somebody's blood if this had happened during a Clinton administration.
I tried a little experiment a few minutes ago. I went to go find a white piece of paper and a pen, then wrote my signature on the paper, timing myself while doing so. Including the time it took me to find the piece of paper and the pen and a place to sit down, it took me 13 seconds to sign the piece of paper. If Donald Rumsfeld is so busy that he cannot devote 13 seconds to each wounded American troop who bled while following his orders, that is indicative of poor time management and failure to delegate his responsibilities, and he should be canned for that alone.
This is total bs.
I disagree. It is time for Rumsfeld to go.