Well, not exactly. The nations top military man, Marine General Pace, didn't explicitly call Rumsfeld a coward, but he implied it, IMO. And the press conference revealed, perhaps for the first time publicly, the schism existing between career military and their civilian bosses.
[update: due to popular outcry i've amended the title to more accurately reflect the point i am trying to convey here. as for those who think i've gotten poor gen. pace in a big bad problem with my earlier implication that he "called" rummy a coward, let me remind them, gen. pace is one tough SOB who can take care of himself and defend, if need be, any statemens he's made... careful though, cause you'll note no one has asked him to defend it!]
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