Bush credited Defense Scretary Donald Rumsfeld, rear, with managing conflicts in two countries while overhauling the military.
Is Bush actually a Democratic plant? His absolute inability to sack people who need to go never ceases to amaze me.
I'm starting to think that way as well. Come on Bushie at least fire somebody. Jesus Christ all you have to do is bring them into your office and say "You're Fired!" Not that hard. Although the President would probably then start firing the only competent people in his administration.
The main reason why he doesn't do it is because they're pretty much all personal friends of either himself or his dad. It's a common problem when you surround yourself with incompetent cronies; it'd just be too awkward and unpleasant for him to let them go.
This is completely the point.
Rumsfeld has been a disasterous SoD (he he he) - Cheney is VP, only if he does something really bad (and gets caught) should he get booted.
Surround yourself with buddies who think exactly the way you do... this is exactly how an administration spends so much time with their heads up their backsides.