If Zinni and Riggs are right, then Rumsfeld should resign. But neither you nor I know for sure if they are right.
True, they MAY be right. If they are, then he should indeed retire. You and I DON'T know if they are right or not. No argument from me there.
The generals just THINK they are right....there's the rub. I AM acquainted with two former generals, 2-star, and they DO tend to think that they simply CANNOT be wrong about anything.
"If Zinni and Riggs are right, then Rumsfeld should resign. But neither you nor I know for sure if they are right."
Not necessarily. Zinni and Riggs could be right and Rumsfeld could be right. All we really know is what we have been told. Rumsfeld may have had to look into several aspects of this war that Zinni and Riggs had no responsibility for, and maybe no knowledge.
Without knowing all of the facts that went into making these decisions we can not know if Rumsfeld did well in a bad situation, or poorly in a good situation.