Donald Rumsfeld's departure is allowing DoD bureaucraps to breathe a sigh of relief.  Maybe now some of the intelligence information will stop leaking to the New York Slime.  For my international friends, perhaps you've not heard/read Secretary Rumsfeld's wisdom, as he formerly departed today, here are exerpts;

"As I complete my second tour as Secretary of Defense, I leave knowing that the true strength of our military lies not in our weapons, but in the hearts of the men and women in uniform, in your patriotism, in your professionalism, and your determination to accomplish the mission.

President Abraham Lincoln once said, and I quote, “Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” That remains as true today as it did during President Lincoln’s time. I have seen countless examples of this resolve when I have met with those of you serving in this long struggle against violent extremists."

I added the caps in SecDef's title, staff did not see fit to publish it with caps.  After some personal references, he told our troops;

"What you are accomplishing is not simply important — it is historic.

When the cause of human freedom required men and women to stand on the front lines in its defense, you stepped forward to liberate more than 50 million citizens in Afghanistan and Iraq.

You captured or killed tens of thousands of extremists — taking the fight to where they live, rather than waiting for the extremists to attack us again where our families live; and you helped alleviate the conditions that foster extremism in places like the Horn of Africa, the Philippines and elsewhere so that your children and grandchildren will not have to face the challenges that we face today.

This month has two important anniversaries — the free elections of the Iraqi national assembly and the seating of the very first democratically elected president in Afghanistan’s long history. We all remember the images of Iraqis proudly raising their purple fingers in the air after voting in their first free elections and the images of the Afghan girls singing with joy as their new president took the oath of office. Those were historic chapters in the saga of human freedom, and you made them possible.

The long struggle we are in is complex; it’s unfamiliar; and it’s still little understood, leading some to believe that there is no need to go on. "

The "some" who believe there is no need to go on are within our midst, they are the ones who do not understand what we are up against.  Worse than that, are those whose political agendas are more important than our country, i.e. bureaucraps who hate change in DoD or State and decide to leak to their cohorts in the anti-American media, and play directly into the hands of our enemies. 

Secretary Rumsfeld, you will be missed.  Thank you, Sir, for your incredible service to your country.