No link yet…just heard it on the radio news…reporting from AP…more to come, I’m sure.
They’re reporting it on Fox as well. I guess this is the first step in Rove’s strategy for dealing with the Dems. Rummy “stepping down” allows them to remove a huge Bush liability without Bush having to admit he was wrong about anything.
I got this link from Drudge.
Well, dayum. I wonder if he volunteered or if he was forced out?
He’s offered to resign twice before, but Bush asked to stay on both times.
Who’s the replacement? I haven’t heard yet.
Leiberman?
Former CIA director Robert Gates, Bloomberg just reported.
BBC reports its an ex-CIA guy called Gates?
Gates…what’s his story? Is he Assistant Sec of Defense already?
Believe it or not the wiki article is amended already
Just read his bio - he’s Jack Ryan!
I wonder if this will mean a shift in how we continue the War on Terror?
It requires Senate confirmation for Gates to be named the new Sec of Defense.
It’s just possible we might start fighting, y’know, actual terrorists, instead of pretending that invading a sovereign nation with no connection to 9/11 is actually part of the “War on Terror”.
But I doubt it.
Or maybe telling the Iraqi government to get their shit together, we’re not going to be there forever.
Yes we are.
By the way, blaming the Iraqi government is a copout. The coming civil war is our fault, not the fake Iraqi government’s.
Maybe he just picked up KFed’s cellphone by mistake and got the “Sorry, it’s over.” message.