Best Defense Secretary Ever?

You wouldn't know it by the grand send off that Donald Rumsfeld bears large responsibility for the mess in Iraq. His good buddy, the VP, called him the best defense secretary ever. Maybe the first time around, but not this time.

He alienated Congress, the military, and just about everyone else. Despite the 19 gun salute and grand gathering of important politicos, we can't forget the mishandling of the war and an Iraq that's now left in shambles. He's gone,which is good, but others will have to clean up the mess.

Now we must watch and hope that cool heads will bring some order to an already unstable region. Consider for a moment the Middle East now. Israel and Palestine are in difficult straits, Lebanon, which was recovering, is again in disarray, Iran is now a power with an ideologue as President, and the US isn't talking to either Syria or Iran. Afghanistan is still roiled in something akin to civil war.

But I'll hope for something better.

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