Nonsense.
Prosecuting the war effectively would have meant making sure Syria and Iran and Saudi Arabia and others don't have the ability to support and arm the enemy.
It would have meant not filtering everything through Islamic sensibilities.
The decision not to do anything positive on those fronts was political, not military, and way above his pay grade.
Way above his pay grade?
There's only ONE guy above his pay grade. The Secretary of Defense reports directly to the President, and to the President alone. The President charged Rumsfeld with the conduct of the war. Rumsfeld failed to prosecute the war aggressively enough, plain and simple. He failed to provide enough troops on the ground.
Yep. It started before Iraq too. Remember the hubbub over "Operation Infinite Justice."