From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Looks like Rummy is being setup as the scapegoat for Bush/Cheney policies.
not defending Rumsfeld  - just noting the neocon blame machine at work

http://time-blog.com/allen_report/2006/11/the_third_term_president_bushs.html

One move that could buy the President good will with the Hill and the
public would be the departure of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and
many people close to Bush hope that happens sooner rather than later.
"He has screwed the President," said a loyal member of the Bush
team who rarely speaks so bluntly. The President said when asked last week
that Rumsfeld would serve the rest of the term, but officials say Bush
really could not have said anything else, and that is in no way a guarantee
that Rumsfeld will still be running the Pentagon at noon on Jan. 20, 2009,
when Bush's successor takes office.

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