The balls of Donald Rumsfeld

By anyone's standards, Donald Rumsfeld has handled the invasion of Iraq very badly. Not enough troops in the first place; failure to close the borders (and subsequently allowing every insurgent in the region easy entry to the country); widespread abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners (probably the biggest PR disaster for the US since the use of napalm on civilians in Vietnam); criticism from the troops themselves, who argue there was a lack of training, body armour and even ammunition; criticism from within his own party; criticism from former Generals. But will he take any responsibility? Will he do the decent thing and just stand down? No.

Now, this. Turns out he doesn't even personally sign letters of condolence to the families of troops killed in action in Iraq. Incredible. I mean, what exactly does this guy have to do for someone to say "actually, Don, you're kind of fucking things up for us here. Can you leave please?" The guy's got balls sticking around like this, I'll give him that.