Don't read my blog today. Instead, read Talking Points Memo, top to bottom.

Then, note Sy Hersh's new New Yorker piece, which came out just a few hours ago. It makes Rumsfeld look like -- and this is not an exagerration -- the biggest schmuck on the face of the planet:

One witness to a meeting recalled Rumsfeld confronting General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, in front of many junior officers. “He was looking at the Chief and waving his hand,” the witness said, “saying, ‘Are you getting this yet? Are you getting this yet?’”

And I thought he just played an arrogant prick on TV!

The New Yorker's military coverage has been sounding the same theme -- military brass vs. Rumsfeld -- for quite a while. Still, given currently circumstances (and the fact that the last guy Hersh went after, Richard Perle, resigned his post in response) this is major *wow* material.