The Times No Longer Favor Rumsfeld

The wheels are coming off the Humvee. Or make that the Rumvee. Does anyone besides Bush and Cheney support this guy?

From MSNBC:

Papers sold to military: ‘Rumsfeld must go’

Just days after President Bush publicly affirmed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s job security through the end of his term, a family of publications catering to the military will publish an editorial calling for the defense secretary’s removal.

The editorial, released to NBC News on Friday ahead of its Monday publication date, stated, “It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has failed. But when the nation’s current military leaders start to break publicly with their defense secretary, then it is clear that he is losing control of the institution he ostensibly leads.” [full text]

(NOTE: Thanks to Think Progress for the heads up.)