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| April 21, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

-- We regret to announce that the media's patience with this war is exhausted.

-- Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld's briefings have taken on "an even crustier, testier tone" (New York Times). "The lines of strain are visible" on his face (The Independent). Why should he be in the hot seat? The war was not the instantaneous takedown that it seemed, miraculously, it might be after the opening decapitation strike. A pundit class with the attention span of a rock video took this amiss; the Rashomon reporting of the many embeds increased the air of confusion. Rumsfeld, no desk jockey, is ideally positioned to take the flak. He has also suffered from his desire to ...

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