From the BBC: Rumsfeld replaced after poll loss

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is standing down, President George W Bush has announced after bruising losses for Republicans in mid-term elections.

Mr Bush said that “after a series of thoughtful conversations” he and Mr Rumsfeld has decided “the time is right for new leadership at the Pentagon”…

Maybe, just maybe, he should have beaten his sword into something different. At a minimum he should have been a better manager, listened to those with expertise…

But that’s what you get when a failure at business appoints friends to run a business. As the neo-cons (no honor among theives, like rats from a sinking ship) have been pointing out – none of these people know what they are doing.