Are two neoconservative houses, both alike in dignity, feuding over the fate of Secretary Rumsfeld?
The conflict in question has been fought not with swords, as in Shakespeare, but with columns in the newspapers.
In the Washington Post on December 15, William Kristol, editor and founder of the Weekly Standard, raised eyebrows when he wrote that American troops "deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have."
In the New York Post on Tuesday, under the headline "Beltway Blunder: Why 'fire Rummy' crew failed," the columnist John Podhoretz responded with a spirited defense of Mr. Rumsfeld, which criticized "in-the-know" journalists who "say things in op-eds" and others who seek the defense secretary's ouster.
For some reason Bill Kristol loves John McCain despite the fact that he's not even a conservative anymore. McCain wants Rummy gone and now so does Bill. Should we next see Kristol columns defending McCain federal steriod search and boxing commission?
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