Editorial opens fire on Rumsfeld

BBC: Four US military journals have called for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit, accusing him of losing control of the situation in Iraq. An editorial published on Monday said Mr Rumsfeld has lost the respect of senior officers and ordinary troops.
President George W Bush has pledged to keep Mr Rumsfeld at the Pentagon until his term in office ends in 2009. The White House has criticised the editorial, published ahead of mid-term elections across the US. Spokesman Tony Snow described the editorial - published in the Army Times, Air Force Times, the Navy Times and the Marine Corps Times - as a "shabby piece of work".