Don't Blame Rumsfeld |
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| Media Link - Washington Times | ||||
| Friday, 10 November 2006 00:00 | ||||
I didn't have a serious problem with Donald Rumsfeld. I think most people understand, or at least sense, that he took the fall for a bad President's poor conceptualization of how to defend our country. Rumsfeld's job, as Secretary of Defense, was not to set the course of our military policy. His job was to enable the military to function competently. Under his leadership, our military accomplished one of the greatest victories in its history: the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein. It's not Rumsfeld's fault that it was the wrong mission, and it's not his fault that the Commander-in-Chief had no clue, and still has no clue, about what to do with this great military victory. The events of 9/11/01 were a gigantic event in American history. Many Americans assumed that because it was such an important event, the President who was in office was up to the job. He wasn't, of course -- nor were any of his competitors for office up to the job, either. Mystical romanticism would teach us that great times produce great leaders, but our experience with George W. Bush taught us that no such thing is true. During the American Revolution, we had George Washington. During the Civil War, we had Abraham Lincoln. During World War II, we had FDR, and, much better, Harry S. Truman. After 9/11, we were unfortunate enough to be stuck with the lightweight-dunce-son-of-a-former American President. None of this was Donald Rumsfeld's fault, and I hope history won't record it this way.
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