How Good Was Rumsfeld

Rumsfeld was as effective as he was allowed to be.

Same goes for Rice.

Remember when Kissinger displayed such stunning eclat with the "shuttle
diplomacy?" Afterward, he was not so effective....why?

When Henry the K was on the move in the shuttle, he was working for,
and backed up by, RMN, who everybody thought would pull the trigger
on a nuke if piqued.

Bush 42 is a good guy, but nobody thinks he's crazy, so they think he can
be pushed.....Democrats included.

If on 9/12/01, Bush had looked less like a Dad, and more like the Tasmanian
Devil, he would have been taken more seriously, and the Republicans would still be
in control of Congress because they would have been seriously afraid to cross him,
as well.

It's a scary world out there. Sometimes it's better to look like a demented pit bull
than a guard trained retriever.