Why Would He Guess That?
Rumsfeld clarified the plan today for replacing the impending loss of Spanish forces in Iraq:

"My guess is, you'll find other countries reacting just the opposite. You'll find countries stepping forward and saying, 'Well, if that's what that country's going to do, we'll do just the opposite. We'll add some troops'. And, we'll see what happens."

I'm sure there are countries that have been just itching to get in, but holding back because Spain was there. Now's their chance!

If he had said he's heard from leaders (instead of just guessing) who are planning to do just that, do you think people would be all over him to name names like they are on Kerry? The difference is, we've known foreign leaders to be against Bush all along (right? I mean, what's the story there, really?), but we don't know anyone begging to get in on that Iraq action...but still our Secretary is guessing there will be some.

The man is totally ridiculous. Is this the plan for jobs as well? Some companies will step forward and say, "well if laying off employees is what that company's going to do, we'll do just the opposite."

{UPDATE: As for Kerry, Hugh Hewitt thinks credibility is the story. I think it's a whole lot of nothing. I'm sure Kerry's talked to governmental figures all over the world as Senator and they've told him what we already know: Bush is not well-regarded abroad. So we're going to parse the word "leaders" and the word "met" and decide it's a scandal of credibility, when Bush lied about why we went to Iraq?}