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For me, the most interesting part of the excerpt Glenn posted was the disparaging reference to Rumsfeld and the statement that generals should be put on trial for following him.
I don't frequent right-wing websites, as I clearly don't have Glenn's intestinal fortitude. So my question is: is Rumsfeld now fair game on the right? If so, that's news to me. It also seems pretty dangerous for their movement, since he's one of the best examples of the neocon mindset (read: incompetence).
I realize that the neocons are the Stalinists of our age (just airbrush Trotsky/Rumsfeld out of that photo and the problem goes away), but this still seems like a significant development. After all, Bush picked Rumsfeld despite, or because of, the latter's antagonistic relationship with Bush I. This is all getting awfully close to home, it seems.
