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 Donald Rumsfeld Resigns Rumsfeld ExitsCommentary for Friday 12/15/2006 Donald Rumsfeld's Resignation
Rumsfeld bows out: A letter of resignation soon after the Nov.
election, a trip to Iraq to say goodbye to the troops stationed there, a barrage
of news-conferences, and the Secretary of Defense exits stage left. This column
wouldn't even bat an eye over the passing of the baton from Rumsfeld to Gates, but
for an interview I saw with Rumsfeld, hosted by Brit Hume.
Rumsfeld and Bush both use the Generals for cover when explaining troop levels:
I absolutely believe that the generals haven't asked for more troops, but for a
different reason than that posted by the press. Troop levels start with the mission
that is assigned to them. It is really Bush's policy of training Iraqi forces that
have dictated the troop level requirements. The generals were not told to secure
the country, protect the Iraqi borders, or pacify Baghdad. Their mission has been
to support and train the Iraqi forces. That mission clearly does not need more troops.
My objection to all of the political squirming is the way that
Bush and Rumsfeld have used the generals as political cover for a failing policy.
The generals do not set policy. Someday we won't have to hear, "The generals haven't
seen the necessity for more troops." It is my firm belief that this war could have
been over with some time ago if the military would have been given the task of securing
Iraq.
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