One of the most shameful acts of our nation over the last few years was the complete crucifixition of a true public servant. I’m speaking of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

I served with him over 30 years ago and found him to be nothing short of a man of honor and conviction, something his critics know nothing about. It is a travesty the way he was treated, I only hope God and history forgive us.

A former collegue wrote a good editorial on Don over the weekend.

“Much of what you know about Donald Rumsfeld is wrong.

I know, because I worked intimately with him for four years, from the summer of 2001 until I left the Pentagon in August 2005. Through countless meetings and private conversations, I came to learn his traits, frame of mind and principles ‚Äî characteristics wholly at odds with the standard public depiction of Rumsfeld, particularly now that he has stepped down after a long, turbulent tenure as defense secretary, a casualty of our toxic political climate.”

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