Rumsfeld Weakens a Pillar of War.

[Sarevok]

Bush is going to sack him...

 

[stratego]

If I gave out the password to my account here, and then the person I gave it to got me banned, who is responsible?mostly ME, however some blame lies on the other person too.

Both situations are different, but in both scenarios, the blame is shared be it equally or unequally.

If you gave out the password it is your fault not because the person got banned, but because you breatched your contract with the administrators and didn't show responsibility. Even if the person you gave the password to became the best member CFC has ever seen, you would still be at fault. Now if the rule was that you can share your account with anyone then it would be completely his fault because you did everything within reason.

In Kerry's case he did everything within reason to give the President the authority because it was within a Senator's authority to do so. Now if he were to pick some random guy off the street to take his spot for the vote, no matter what the guy voted he should be at fault.

There are many tools given to people in the expectation that they'll be responsible in using them. People are allowed to own guns, but if someone were to go and kill a person, the manufacturer shouldn't be at fault because they provided the means. You are allowed to have a car and you're allowed to have alcohol, but if you drink and drive and cause damage, Budweiser and Dodge shouldn't be responsible because they provided you the means.

 

[basta72]

Maybe Donald Rumsfeld has begun to feel bad over the things he has committed.

Everyone knows that there where no evidence linking Saddam's Iraq and Al-Qaeda. Certainly not any evidence that’s close to being convincing or strong. They would have presented the evidence long ago if they had any, but they haven’t.

It's was/is a lie and fabrication in order to gain support for the war in Iraq. Just as the other lies/fabrication, the WMD and that Saddam was an immediate and grave danger to the world.

Now he feels bad about it and wish to be more frank about it.