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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (263503)	5/6/2008 4:55:32 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Rummy said security in Iraq after toppling Saddam was not his problem. He just watched the looters make out. That is what allowed Al Qaeda in. It was indeed Rummy's fault, and since Bush was his boss and could have fired him at any time, it was Bush's fault as well. The problem was that Bush fired Lindsay not Rummy. You yourself blame it on the generals (a preceding post today) when in fact the generals had seen several object lessons on the results of questioning the cakewalk view of Rummy. I have no idea what they did or did not tell Rummy, but it is clear for anyone what Bush and Rummy thought, and what happened to people who dared to question this prior to the war. Nobody held a gun to Bush's head and made him fly into the carrier with the Mission Accomplished banner. He willingly thought that at the time. Too bad he had so many court jesters in his employ which he thought were something else, like competent individuals.