As mentioned in a previous blog post, James Baker’s Iraq Study Group, has been brought in to review the Occupation and provide some direction.
Donald “Strangelove” Rumsfeld’s quick resignation yesterday was perhaps less to do with voter displeasure with the war than as part of the Baker plan. Bush’s nomination of former CIA boss, Robert Gates, came almost instantaneously with Dr. Strangelove’s announcement of departure, perhaps illustrating that the shuffle was conceived of in advance of the midterm election. And given that Gate’s is himself a member of the Iraq Study Group, the probability ratio for the scenario is only heightened.
from, San Francisco Chronicle
CHANGING COURSE: Rumsfeld out Iraq strategy, Pentagon policy will be shaken up, analysts say.