Bob Schieffer and company invited Donald Rumsfeld on "Face the Nation" this morning, and Rumsfeld was even less smooth than usual. When Elizabeth Bumiller asked him about the administration's attacks on John Murtha, he said, "Oh, goodness. I've been in Australia. I have not followed the tit for tat, who said what."
So, let's see, there's a war going on in one part of the world, and Rummy travels to Australia to talk about Iraq. Australia has troops in Iraq, and they are right to be updated on what's going on, but why is Australia getting more love from Rumsfeld than the United States? And that mission to Australia seemed awfully diplomatic to me. Isn't that sort of trip supposed to be Condoleezza Rice's job?
