It is tough to defend U.S. secretary of defense [View All]

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.. Sixteen disparate U.S. intelligence agencies say the war has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicals bent on the West's destruction.

On Sept. 25, in remarks to a Senate Policy Committee, two retired Army generals accused Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of incompetence in the execution of the Iraq War.

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton described Rumsfeld as "incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically."

"Mr. Rumsfeld and his immediate team must be replaced or we will see two more years of extraordinarily bad decision-making," said Eaton ..

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/093006/opi_5690361.shtml

<edit:> The general analysis is somewhat lacking, but the article nicely lays out the case for removing Rumsfeld ...