Air Force Times (and Navy Times ... and Army Times ... and Marine Corps Times): "Donald Rumsfeld must go!"

Rumsfeld believes we are winning the war/occupation in Iraq

It's no longer just Rummy Watch or Mediawingnuts ... it's the newspapers that are on almost every desk in the pentagon and on military desks worldwide ... "Donald Rumsfeld must go!"

On Monday -- only one day ahead of the Midterm Elections -- the following editorial will be in all four newspapers listed in the title to this posting.

"It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has failed. But when the nation's current military leaders start to break publicly with their defense secretary, then it is clear that he is losing control of the institution he ostensibly leads.

"This is not about the midterm elections. Regardless of which party wins Nov. 7, the time has come, Mr. President, to face the hard bruising truth: Donald Rumsfeld must go."

Of course, there will be considerable back-up information -- most of it provided by Rumsfeld's own uniformed military leaders -- and a very pessimistic observation (see previous posting) drawn from senior generals, the leaked National Intelligence Estimate and the newspapers' own analysts.

Bottom line on nearly every officer and enlisted person's desk on Monday morning, November 6, 2006 ...

"Rumsfeld must go!"