Make it a half-dozen

Retired Generals all calling on Rumsfeld to resign now. These guys obviously have the support of the brass still inside the Pentagon to a large degree.

Two more retired U.S. generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign on Thursday, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq operation ignored years of Pentagon planning for a U.S. occupation and should be held accountable for the chaos there...

...Six retired generals have now called for Rumsfeld to step down, including two who spoke out on Thursday.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni added to the pressure for Rumsfeld's scalp by telling CNN that Rumsfeld should be held accountable for a series of blunders, starting with "throwing away 10 years worth of planning, plans that had taken into account what we would face in an occupation of Iraq."

As ever the White House's reaction is "la la la la, time of war, la la la la, 9/11".

Soon, however, they will start swift-boating these guys.

Bush has ceded all military matters to the Rummy/Cheney cabal -- and besides without Rummy at the Pentagon, the chance to rattle the sword against Iran will be muted.

And we can't have that in an election year now can we?