George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld | Salon.com

Poppy is still trying to clean-up after Junior.

But it ain't gonna happen this time, because this time Junior has made a mess no one can clean up.

America is, for all practical purposes, finished as a world power.

In my mind, after these last 5 years, that is not all together a bad thing. But how we have arrived at this point is a very bad thing.

George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld Salon.com:

"June 8, 2006 Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. When seven retired generals who had been commanders in Iraq demanded Rumsfeld's resignation in April, the younger Bush leapt to his defense. 'I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain,' he said. His endorsement of Rumsfeld was a rebuke not only to the generals but also to his father. "