>>>As a side note, this whole thing about Rumsfeld seems to be a lot about "nothing".
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>>>http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008249
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>>When men who advanced to the rank of General publicly criticize the Secretary of Defense, that's nothing? Not just one guy; that could be written off as disgruntlement. There have been lots of them now.
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>Generals are THE MOST POLITICAL entities in the military. They got there by being politicians.

True. But they're not stupid. And publicly criticizing the Sec of Defense is not something they do lightly.