Rummy to Go?

US allies are behind the death squads and ethnic cleansing

Iraq's American overlords at last seem to have grasped the danger posed by their friends' militias. But it may be too late

Jonathan Steele in Baghdad

Rummy Punch

Generals want Rumsfeld to resign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more retired U.S. generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign on Thursday, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq war and subsequent American occupation should be held accountable for the chaos there.

As the high-ranking officers accused Rumsfeld of arrogance and ignoring his field commanders, the White House was forced to defend a man who has been a lightning rod for criticism over a war that has helped drive President George W. Bush's public approval ratings to new lows.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni told CNN Rumsfeld should be held responsible for a series of blunders, starting with "throwing away 10 years worth of planning, plans that had taken into account what we would face in an occupation of Iraq."

Rummy with either sheer delusion or arrogance thought he could occupy a country like Iraq with a small force, that proved a major blunder, its all very well invading a country, thats the easy part, occupying it is a totally different matter.

Bush won't fire Rummy because that will make his presidency look bad, it shows that he was wrong about Iraq and about the people he puts in charge of the 'war'.