Say Goodbye Rummy?
Topic: Politics
Humm, I'm thinking as I watch Nancy Pelosi give her press conference that they think they own the stage and the President will have to follow their lead. I love this part of politics, it's no longer so boring as it was, it's a fight on and we get a front row seat to it. Will Bush pull back his horns? Will the Dems charge forward with hearings and investigations? Will they work together? The answer is yes, all of the above. It's a serious possibility that the most unpopular man in Washington other than President Bush - Rumsfeld will face the axe in short order. It's a sign of good character that you stand up for your friends and for a President to not fire someone when the lynch mob is at the castle gate is fine up to a point. Rumsfeld should look at the scene before him and offer up his resignation. The President should regretfully accept it. The crowd wants blood, the crowd wants to hang someone and they want to see something done. The least that the President can do in that regard is to give them someone to hang. That gives them some time to do nothing much while appearing to do something. It would be sad if that is what happens - the not doing anything other than accepting Rumsfeld's resignation.  Otherwise it could be an opportunity, and making a retreat look like a victory would be standard procedure; it would be an opportunity to actually change things. To win in Iraq they need nearly 500 thousand troops. The chance of them actually doing what it takes to win is slim, so it's some variation of retreat. Call it what you want, that's the only decision that 'The Decider' would be willing to make. As  important a fight as he speaks of to others, if he does anything less, and less is what  he has been doing from the beginning to include the war plan in Afghanistan, then he doesn't really think it's that important. Actions speak louder than words after all and the actions of the Bush administration with regard to the war in Iraq is that we don't want to win the conflict but are willing until now to stand there and bleed to no end. And of course, the people of America will not stand for that as a policy. They didn't stand for that as a policy in Vietnam and they have demonstrated at the voting box that they will not stand for it in Iraq. Win or get out.