Why hasn't this received more attention?

Creation of Terrorists Must Be Stopped, Rumsfeld Says

Holy moly. Please please please, I'm waiting for some Democrat candidate with a noggin to stand up and ask, loud as hell: "What planet has this guy been living on the last two years?"

Seriously, am I missing something? Because Rumsfeld's recent riffing about madrassas is, like, so 2001. That doesn't mean the general sentiment isn't still correct -- but really, isn't he a bit late to this conversation? I mean, considering he's the Defense Secretary and all?

Moreover, stop for a sec and imagine a prominent lefty making similar remarks. With fairly good reason, The New Republic, Roger L. Simon and everybody to the right of Matt Groening would start jumping up and down about it. "Oh wait. Let guess... Give 'em a pat on the back to let them know we love 'em! Snicker snicker snorfle snorkfe huff huff hardy har har you spineless doofus this is WAR."

Now I want you to stay after class and write on the blackboard thirty times:
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism
We must tackle the root causes of terrorism