We want Rumsfeld's head!

It's bad enough John McCain says he has "no confidence" in Donald Rumsfeld, but when William Kristal turns on you, you know your goose is cooked.

He says in an Op-Ed in the WaPo:

"All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments. Some have stubbornly persisted in their misjudgments. But have any so breezily dodged responsibility and so glibly passed the buck?

...Contrast the magnificent performance of our soldiers with the arrogant buck-passing of Rumsfeld.

...These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have."

Pretty strong stuff. But wait, there's more. Now Trent "the confederacy yet lives!" Lott is out to get him...

AP reports:

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be replaced sometime in the next year, Sen. Trent Lott says.

"I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld," Lott told the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. "I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers."

War Criminal too?

We already know Henry Kissinger can't go to certain countries, such as France, because he might wind up under arrest, but it is a surprise to find out Rummy might be canceling his trip to another "old Europe" country-namely Germany-because of all things, he might be indicted:

Democracy Now reports:

"Donald Rumsfeld is considering canceling a planned trip to Germany after U.S. lawyers filed a lawsuit against Rumsfeld in German courts. This according to a report in the German magazine Focus.

The center for constitutional rights filed a complaint accusing Rumsfeld of war crimes and torture in connection with the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib.

German laws allows the trial of war crimes regardless of where they are carried out. Rumsfeld said he won't go to Germany for the Munich Security Conference if the government indicates it will investigate the war crime complaint."

See more on this issue at Scoop.

Of course, the more incompetent you are the more likely you are to get a Medal, just like George "slam dunk" Tenent and L. Paul "fire the Iraqi army" Bremer.