The Generals' Revolt op ed wash post

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The Generals' Revolt
There are many reasons for Donald Rumsfeld to leave. Finger-pointing by retired officers shouldn't be one.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006; Page A18


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041701261.html

PRESIDENT BUSH'S stubborn support for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has compounded U.S. troubles in Iraq, prevented a remedy for the criminal mistreatment of foreign detainees and worsened relations with a host of allies. Now it is deepening the domestic political hole in which the president is mired. Half a dozen senior retired generals have publicly criticized Mr. Rumsfeld, touching off another damaging and distracting controversy at a critical moment in the war. Thanks in part to his previous misjudgments, Mr. Bush has no easy way out.

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1. I think the point should be that It must be pretty damn bad if the

situation has forced so many generals to feel the need to speak out publicly.