Today : Support Rummy!

Liberals and anti-Bush folks - Beware. General Clarke has already fallen into the trap and not done his credibility any good. Do not jump on the 'Rumsfeld must go' bandwagon without thinking very very hard.

The reason I say this is that Rumsfeld is being criticised for simply doing his job. Retired generals are, we must remember, army guys. It is the job of the Secretary of Defense to piss them off.

Remember the XTC song? "Generals and majors never seem so happy unless they got a war."

Anyone who doesn't allow generals to blow everything up and commit the entire army to a campaign is bound to piss them off. They want more war, they love war.

And this is just six generals out of maybe two hundred.

Now, everyone knows that Runsfeld is a lunatic. I am not disagreeing with anyone here. He is a mad-eyed warmonger who really shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a government. But he won't resign. And anyway, what do the non Republican folks want?

Bush has a sinking duck administartion, floundering around trying to boost the polls. They are a selfish and incompetent bunch. The longer they stay in charge, the worse things will get and the more chance that people will vote against them. We have to remember that elections are won and lost on swing voters having something to vote against. The more dunderheads and crazed idiots that are in charge at this stage, the better.

I am not really suggesting that anyone actually support Rumsfeld, but beware of coming out too strongly against him. It might be a long-term counterproductive move.