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The buck doesn't stop at Rumsfeld. The generals did not step up to back John Murtha, and they were silent when Rumsfeld "retired" Gen. Shinseki, who did his job, and stood up to Rumsfeld.

Now...they are speaking up, but they are targeting the wrong guy. Bush and Cheney are where the buck stops, and the "generals" use Rumsfeld as a smokescreen. Rumsfeld is a symptom of what the generals speak out against. Bush told all of us that he leaves decisions on how to carry out his military orders, to "the commanders in the field'. The generals now tell us that Bush did the opposite. In november, the voters have a chance to elect a new congress that will hold hearings, take testimony from the generals, and from many others in the government, and lay out the pre and post invasion of Iraq, Bush adminisration policies and decisions, for the voters to examine and draw conclusions from.

All we have now from the generals, is an indication that they will testify about Bush's assertions that they were given authority to carry out his orders, in the fiield, to determine proper troop levels, and tactics, and to effect a plan to achieve Bush's goal of "victory" in Iraq. I predict that no hearings will be called to ask any of these things to these former officers, by any congressional committee chairman, during this congressional session. Only the majority party has authority to convene hearings or to subpeona witnesss.

Until a new independent congress is convened or the generals direct their criticism to the president and co-president Cheney, the men who appointed Rumsfeld and supervised his management of the pentagon since 2001, nothing signifigant is actuallly happening, aside from obscuring and delaying what is required to effect change and hold those responsible, accountable for their decisions and assertions.