[conservativecorner]

He's an awesome Secretary of Defense, and this nation is blessed to have him at the helm.

[ARCADIA]

"He's an awesome Secretary of Defense, and this nation is blessed to have him at the helm."

That doesn't mean that we couldn't, or shouldn't, try to find a better one. But, before we go around firing people lets make sure that we have secured a beter plan, and a better person to implement it. Where is the other half of this debate - the half with the new strategy and the short list of candidates?

[meandog]

He's an awesome Secretary of Defense, and this nation is blessed to have him at the helm

ROTFLMAO! "Dumsfeld" (his Pentagon moniker) is the most hated SECDEF by the military since McNamara! (Remember his flippant "You go into battle with the Army you've got sergeant!" made to the National Guardsman complaining about lack of armor in Iraq?)

[kabar]

Agreed. Rumsfeld is the oldest and youngest SecDef in history.