Rumsfeld has gone

Yesterday we put up a post here linking to an Army Times editorial saying that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld must go.

Today he's gone:

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday.

Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld.

The development occurred one day after congressional elections that cost Republicans control of the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate as well. Surveys of voters at polling places said opposition to the war was a significant contributor to the Democratic Party's victory.

Had we known that all it took was for the mighty jaded to weigh in on this issue to get this inept blustering jackass to resign, we'd have done so months ago.

Good riddance, Rummy. Don't let, door, ass, etc.