The last week has been a hard one for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  Not only has he been forced into overdrive having to justify the Iraq War in the wake of mounting deaths and casualties along with sharply accelerating costs; now generals of vast experience in the field are calling for his removal.

The rationale of the generals is sound and comparable to what we have been hearing for some time in the wake of early commentary and analysis from brilliant and courageous journalistic ombudsman Seymour Hersh.  Certainly the game plan has been wrong from the outset and it is refreshing to see the haughty and arrogant Rumsfeld being given his justifiable comeuppance.

It was not that long ago that in an earlier effort to hold Rumsfeld accountable, sincere progressives were leading a drive to encourage concerned citizens to send telegrams and letters along with e-mails to George W. Bush in the White House.  Despite the sincerity of the effort and the correctness of viewpoint, are these efforts not straying from the main point?

Since we have just launched into another baseball season an expression from America's pastime is apropos to describe the current situation relating to Iraq.  The old expression, applicable to anyone playing baseball from the little leagues to the majors is, "Keep your eye on the ball!"