Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, speaking of the Bush administration's continuing insistence that Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda worked together, said, ''To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.'' (Later he said he was misunderstood when he said that he knew of no clear link between the al Qaeda terror network and Saddam Hussein.)
Meanwhile, former Iraqi Proconsul Paul Bremer said that "We never had enough troops on the ground," and that "There was planning, but planning for a situation that didn't arise" (which, I suppose, is about as useful as no planning).
Since these positions are contrary to the positions still taken by George W. Bush and are in keeping with John Kerry's long held positions, we should expect endorsements from Rumsfeld and Bremer before the weekend. Neither Rumsfeld nor Bremer denied that they would announce their support of John Kerry.
Boston Globe - Donald Rumsfeld says no hard evidence links Saddam to al-Qaida, then
International Herald Tribune (Paris) - Bremer cites Iraq errors
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