Frankly, I wonder if any blame should be put on Rice at all.

IMO, the entire administration is run by Rumsfeld, Rove, Cheney, and while Bush is the titular head of the administration, I don't think he is the actual power. (Consider the number of vacations he takes.)

Couldn't it be that Rice was/is in the same position -- the token black woman in a high position -- while all the actual decisions etc. were/are made by the cabal? There is a lot of evidence, much of it critical, that Rumsfeld insisted on making any decisions to do with military and security issues, ignoring intelligence reports whenever he chose, or interpreting them to fit his preconceived ideas.

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