Rumsfeld’s Exit
Personally, I never liked the way Rumsfeld applied corporate terms to the military. “The business of war” was always something I hated to hear while I was in uniform. That said, I liked the people the man ticked off and I liked his commitment.
Newspaper stories frequently justified their criticisms by pointing out long-serving bureaucrats that opposed his ways, and rightly so. Long-serving bureaucrats depend on big government for their jobs and staffs. When is the last time anyone in a government position wrote a memo requesting a reduction in staff? Washington DC bureaucrats, those serving in one of the most rampantly anti-conservative voting blocs in the country, definitely didn’t like him. A conservative as a proponent of change in DC? Unthinkable!
People against Rummy: Michael Moore, Katie Couric, bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, the terrorist formerly known as Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and Gary Berntsen, the CIA commander who wrote a book explaining why he was a hero and could have single-handedly caught bin Laden if only people had listened.
People for Rummy: A uniformed lieutenant, an ex-green beret, an American warrior, large groups of U.S. service members, a former Army Black Hawk pilot, someone who fought the war (not just criticized it), a soldier confused by the public’s lack of willpower and understanding, and a service member who’s fighting now and attended Rumsfeld’s last tour of Iraq.
Read here to refresh your memory on Orson Scott Card’s article that described who disliked Rumsfeld and why.
The Indepundit’s view from the cheap seats is worth a million in diamonds.
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