RUMMY’S MUSINGS

So when John Kerry says his aim is to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq within four years, he is merely aiding and abetting the enemy. But when Donald Rumseld says it, no one notices. And Rumsfeld, so he tells us, has no say over troop levels in Iraq. None whatsoever. The generals decide everything. And prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo and in Afghanistan and with the Nay Seals has nothing to do with memos letting people know they could push the envelope. Nah. After all, that’s what Rumsfeld is known for – a completely hands-off approach to running the military. Tom Toles captures the Bush-Rumsfeld dynamic perfectly here.