Monday, April 17, 2006

Rumsfeld Expects Calls for Ouster to Fade

Well, of course he does. Everything else like this has faded.

But, Rummy, it isn't fading this time. The jig is up, old man.

Rumsfeld Expects Calls for Ouster to Fade:

"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he believes the public push by several retired generals to force him from office is going to die out.

'Well, you know, this, too, will pass,' he told Rush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated radio show.

Several general officers, including two with recent experience as division commanders in Iraq, have criticized Rumsfeld's management of the Pentagon and of the war, arguing that he should step down.

'I think about it and I must say there's always two sides to these things, and the sharper the criticism comes, sometimes the sharper the defense comes from people who don't agree with the critics,' Rumsfeld said.

He said he was pleased to see that retired Gen. Richard Myers, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and retired Gen. Tommy Franks, who developed and executed the Iraq invasion plan, had rebutted the critics and expressed support for him. President Bush issued a strongly worded statement of support last Friday."

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