Bush Says Rummy Is Exactly What The Pentagon Needs

by Steve Soto

Rummy, showing how much actual support he has inside the E-ring. Image courtesy of the AP.

On a morning when retired Major General John Batiste made the rounds of all three morning shows to voice his support for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, Bush felt the need to give a special vote of confidence to Rummy. Bush says that Rummy’s leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical time, which of course is to ensure the war planning for Iran.

Read Glenn Greenwald's good post on the heartburn that the generals' dissent is causing inside the cult.

Thanks to Raw Story for the transcripts.