Wasn’t it Rumsfeld who championed Iraqi democracy before most people, including Paul Bremer, thought it prudent?

He also said the U.S. couldn’t and wouldn’t lose in Iraq.

“We have no choice but to take the offensive,” Rumsfeld told a packed auditorium of soldiers and families of those already deployed, arguing that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq is not a viable option. “People who want to toss in the towel were wrong yesterday, they’re wrong today, and they’ll be wrong tomorrow.”

Rumsfeld was absolutely right on the most important points. No wonder some people can’t forgive him.