In a message dated 5/13/2004 12:59:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mccreery@xxxxxxx writes: Give the man a rifle and put him on patrol in Fallujah. If Rumsfelfd were under 30, he probably would be there. How do we know Rumsfeld blew off General Shinseki's troop assessment? I always thought the strategic scope of the war was between Myers, Franks, Bush, and Cheney--with Rumsfeld acting more as expedititor-manager than as huckster of battle plans. Is there evidence that he and Wolfowitz are a cabal? What's the dirt on Rummy? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html