The secretary bears some blame here -- but just as much so a lily-livered populace that wants the terrorists to pay as long as that doesn't mean sending them to jail or searching them at the airport or something unpleasant.
I'm with the president here. Our enemies have no confusion whether we're at war or not.
Blame for what?? Stop trying to create some light between Bush and Rumsfeld for the whiners to drive a wedge in. Rummy's as solid as they come.