Cheney's and Rumsfeld's Job Approval

According to the President "Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them."

Leadership

According to the House majority leader, John Boehner, the problems in Iraq are not Rumsfeld's fault but the fault of the generals.

GOP HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN BOEHNER: Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld.

WOLF BLITZER: But he's in charge of the military.

BOEHNER: But the fact is, the generals on the ground are in
charge, and he works closely with them and the president.

Is the Republican leadership's new to blame the military? I guess you don't go to war with the military you want, but only with the military you have.

Of course, the flaw in this argument is that if the Generals are failing, it is precisely Rumsfeld who has the power to replace them, so we find ourselves back in the same Situation. If Rumsfeld refuses to remove those leaders who are failing, then he is not doing his job, and he must be removed by the President. If the President does not, he is failing in his job exactly as Rumsfeld is failing in his own.