I mean, is there anybody standing up for him at this point?


Not in the Pentagon or the military.


JimC wrote:
Apparently this was in the works for some time. - If so, and if Bush had
acted a month ago, the Reps would have kept control of the Senate IMO.


Certainly possible. One of the things that cost the
Republicans public confidence is not only the long-running
mistakes, but the smug denial that anything is going wrong.

DSK