Has Rumsfeld been demoted?

BBC

"From the president downwards, the Bush administration has been on the counterattack this week over criticism of its Iraq policy. But Donald Rumsfeld, in many ways the chief spokesman on Iraq up to now has been noticeably absent.

Indeed, he appeared to get a slap in the political face with the news that the National Security Council (NSC) under Condoleezza Rice has established a new committee to oversee Iraq policy.

William Hartung, a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, said that, not before time, President Bush was putting Mr Rumsfeld in his place. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3182570.stm


Who painted Saturn Eating His Children. I must look that up, it now occurs to me that Saturn did resemble the Bush.

http://itech.pjc.cc.fl.us/cschuler/clt1500/review/goyasaturn.html

And yes, Condi has been put in charge of "rebuilding" Iraq.

That's exactly what's going on.

Wonder what he'd be painting now?

We're all going to live in hell for eternity.

as desperation for something to go right in Iraq.

The NSC has always been a better place to control things from than a cabinet department. It works directly for the White House, and doesn't have all those pesky civil servants and administrative details to look after. It can direct Defense and State and stop internecine squabbling between the two.

So far, doesn't seem to be working all that well, though.