Abu Buckwheat is spot on - except that neither Rumsfeld nor Cambone are neo-cons (putting them in the same pot gives neo-cons a bad name). Cambone's rep at NDU - before he went over to the Pentagon - was that he was just a nasty jerk.

Woodward writes quite a bit about Myers in State of Denial. While there is some sympathy, I have to agree with Sargent.

I heard a lot about Pace being unwilling to stand up to Rumsfeld over the last several years. But I recall seeing him contradict Rumsfeld in public over the issue of Iraqi insurgents - Rumsfeld was refusing to use the term and Pace simply said it was the only accurate one. So, what are we to conclude about Pace? Back to you, Steve...