The Far-Right begins to CRUMBLE

Fighting the Wrong War
From the January 17, 2005 issue: What Rumsfeld's defenders don't want to admit.
by Frederick W. Kagan , The Weekly Standard
01/17/2005, Volume 010, Issue 17
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But Rumsfeld has been in office for four years. If he had begun to address this problem four years ago, the Army could have been considerably expanded by now.
Rumsfeld's attitude has already led to a series of mistakes that have made a difficult situation more difficult. It has put the administration on the defensive about its conduct of a policy that is vital to America's national interest. It has distracted attention from the problem of winning the current war--our most important priority today bar none. These problems don't result from the liberal media or the antiwar crowd making a ruckus about nothing. They result from Rumsfeld's stubborn adherence to a wrongheaded policy. Surely, with the election safely over, there is no longer any need to protect the architect of these mistakes.