Bloodless Coup

Djerejian on the Current Revolt of the Generals

Greg Djerejian at Belgravia Dispatch has been putting up some good, concise, no-BS posts about the calls for Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation from six retired generals. If you want a sober analysis of these events, their aftermath and their implications (that won't take much of your time) I suggest you check them out here, here and here. These are remarkable events that demand attention, and Greg's far from a ideologue or the kind of guy who's going to be taking partisan shots at a Republican administration. His basic analysis of the president's response to these events is scathing.

Another depressing low point for an increasingly discredited, out-of-touch Adminstration stumbling from blunder to blunder. These are underwhelming times. In John Kerry, we have a man who would hold a gun against the heads of the Iraqis--so that if they cannot form a government in the midst of unprecedented crises (ones stemming from a war he supported too, lest we forget)--not to mention the added pressure such an ultimatum creates, he would have us pull out by May 15th, leaving Iraq to a doubtless grim fate. And in Bush, we have a deep mediocrity incapable of seeing that the war effort has been prosecuted in bungled fashion by an arrogant and failed Secretary of Defense, who so urgently needs to be replaced.