Rumsfeld stepping down (merged)

How so? A pullout wouldn't have happened regardless. I think having Rumsfeld removed doesn't change anything. JMHO.


Maybe I should have stretched it to 4 years ago.

Assuming we still went to war in the first place, maybe without Rummy's decision making we wouldn't have disbanded the Iraqi army, maybe we would have sent more troops, maybe we would have pulled out after topping Saddam. He was a huge force in making those decisions.