Fire Rumsfeld

* Paul D. Eaton ( a retired Army major general, was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004): "In sum, (Rumsfeld) has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rumsfeld must step down." (link)

* froomkin: "Another aspect of 1984: the daily "Two Minutes Hate" aimed at Emmanuel Goldstein, the enemy of the people. Unlike the obvious contemporaneous analogue, Osama bin Laden, the Goldstein character was actually a straw man -- a made-up figure created by Big Brother just to be knocked down."
obl is effectively a strawman, and zarqawi definitely is.

* froomkin:

"Fred Barnes writes a Wall Street Journal column urging Bush to rejuvenate his presidency "by shocking the media and political community with a sweeping overhaul of his administration. The impact would be enormous because it's exactly what his foes have been demanding and exactly what he is not expected to do. And it would give him a chance to escape the political doldrums that may otherwise doom his presidency through its final 34 months."

Barnes recommends that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice replace Cheney; that Cheney replace Rumsfeld; that Sen. Joe Lieberman replace Rice; and that Rove and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman switch jobs."