Who all thinks that Rumsfeild should be put on the front lines if he does'nt step down?
465787
I think that the whole entire cabinet of the president be given a gun and magazine and see what we see every day here in iraq. Every day somebody over here gets killed the media might not put it out but us soliders and marines and air force guys and also the navy hear about it before they do and im tired of hearing american troops getting killed on a daily basis it is stupid as we should all come home.
881997
I would tell him to put on a more pleasant face, he always looks like he is ready to do battle with anyone. Why did he not listen to his cabinet members about having Rumsfeld step down from his office?.Do you think you would have the same view of the war in Iraq, if you had a member of your family in the front line of fire?
365200
Never going to happen although politics would be a better place for less reverence.\n\nClearly he would be too easy for the papers to tear apart and so would be too much of a liability.\n\nOh well back to the grey men.
741291
That is a very good question. Bush put him there so that's way up in the air. Time will tell. \nIt seems very odd, that the day after elections, Rumsfeld steps down. Makes me wonder why he's cutting and running. I think Maliki's call for us to keep troops on the ground in Iraq, Saddam's death sentence, and Rumsfeld's resignation are closely tied. I have a feeling there will be more fallout to come in the next few months. Rice? Cheney? Or with any luck, Bush? I suppose that would be asking too much.
755912
I agree with the appointed President, One would have to be brain damaged to match the level of incompetence of Donny Rumsfeld.
908114
He is trying to do whats right under the best of his ability,however no matter how he handles this war the man cant do a thing right.The libs called for removal of Rumsfeld and when Bush got rid of him then the libs whined about that.As long as we have people like you that continue to see this mission as a failure,we dont need communists from other countries coming in,we have plenty here.
319593
2 (Elizabeth and Charles)\nBut in my opinion Prince Charles should just step down and let William take his place.
916573
Bob Ney resigned because he is going to jail in a bribery scandal. Did the liberals bribe him? I think not! The military has not liked Rumsfeld's leadership, decisions or general attitude for years
770535
Rummy should have been replaced at least two years ago.  I don't hate Rumsfeld.  I think he'd be a great grandfather, but he wasn't a good secretary of defense.
710188
I think he should stay where he is.\n\nCoach
914674
Rumsfeld was a highly divisive figure. It's likely that a democratic legislature would have found a way to force him out of office. Rather than open himself up for that kind of fight (and, by extension, open the white house up to the fight), he resigned.\n\nI disagree with the prior poster saying leaving earlier would have hurt the Republican party. I think leaving earlier would have helped the GOP. A lot of people, not just Democrats, wanted Rumsfeld gone. If he had left prior to elections, it would have shown a white house willingness to adapt and respond to criticism -- something that it's thus far been fairly slow and unwilling to do.
980565
Rummy was fired.  He became a sacrificial lamb because he was the target of both sides.  The Democrats reviled him for having been the architect of much of the failed Iraq war policies.  And the military establishment hated him because the organizational reforms he put in reduced the number of bases and required more inter-service cooperation.\n\nMilitary officers despise base closings. Why?  Because every base requires a senior officer--a general or a colonel--as a base commander.  If you close a militry base, you eliminate a position for a general.  Fewer positions at the top mean fewer opportunities for promotion.   For years, the military has lobbied Congress to keep lots of unnecessary bases open.  It meant jobs for the Congressman's district and it meant jobs for the military officers.  Rumsfeld, to his credit, took on the brass and started to institute reforms.  They never forgave him.\n\nSame thing for purchasing.  Every branch of the service had its own procurement, which meant, for example, that the army had different helicopters from the marines, and the navy had different fighter planes than the air force.  It was (and mostly still is) a total waste of taxpayers' money.  Rumsfeld started to break up a lot of that, and the brass hated him for it.\n\nAnd then, when the Iraq war strategy began to unravel, Rumsfeld lost whatever civilian support he had had.  Now, Bush needs to get along with a Democratic Congress, and Rumsfeld is too much of a lightning rod.  He had to go.\n\nGood luck!!
957396
Let's get one thing straight.  He did not "resign".  Bush asked him to leave.  In all of the previous calls for his resignation, he had said that he serves at the pleasure of the President.  That said, it's not a cut-and-run.  It gives the American people and the American government a fresh start-someone who can lead the war effort without having to worry about what the American people will think.  Rummy will always be blamed for anything that goes wrong with the war, so now it's time for someone who can honestly say, "I wasn't the one who was running it from the beginning, I just want to get the job done, and as quickly as possible.  I don't want to dwell on any possible mistakes; the past is the past, and this is what we have to get through."
415255
i think he will try to stay in.he's a control freak. he can also declare war and he will be in.. thats what i look to happen.
698760
Neither. The only thing that will happen is bush will put another person who thinks like Rumsfeld in his place. There will be no change in that aspect. However, the person taking his place has to deal with a Democratic Congress, so now he needs to come up with an exit strategy. Rumsfeld didn't feel like dealing with it. That's why he "cut and ran"...
789636
For those who say Rummy resigned, do you really think if Dubya had gotten down on his knees and, after kissing Rummy's butt, said, "Oh please, please don't go!  I can't live without you!"  he would have left? No, he would have stayed.  Now Georgie will have to accept more blame and his legacy continues to grow as the Fool Who Invaded Iraq.  You  know, that, his foolish war in Iraq,  and the fact he was the "My Pet Goat" reader on 9/11 will be all this piece of human offal will be remembered for.
768776
Good question, I bet Rumsfeld is first, then Abramhoff