"Top Pentagon Official Resigning" Isn't Who You Thought (or Hoped)

Humor gets outfitted for a kamikaze combat mission with the release of “The Rumsfeld Diaries Political Action Pak.” Its goal? Give Americans the information and tools they need in as entertaining a way as possible so the tides of public opinion make their final shift, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gets his “Political Liability” walking papers once and for all.

Gilford, NH (PRWEB) October 15, 2006 -- The co-creator of a grass roots effort to force Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign (at RumsfeldDiaries.com) was excited to read United Press International's report headlined, "Top Pentagon official says he'll resign."

"You wake up one morning, and you've been working so hard to see Rummy forced out of office for his actions," said Allen Voivod, co-creator of The Rumsfeld Diaries Political Action Pak. "And you read a headline like that, and…oh man, you can't describe the excitement! Can it be? Can it be?"

In fact, the resigning official is Thomas O'Connell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SOLIC).

"Actually, I'm a little ticked off at UPI," Voivod said. "I mean, I know they have do everything they can to get people to click on a headline. But 'Top Pentagon official says he'll resign'? That's dirty pool, UPI."

On the bright side, Voivod believes that the example of O'Connell, who gave several months notice of his intent to depart by the end of 2006, could be a "super-subtle" tactic to persuade Rumsfeld to resign.

"I can just imagine Rummy and O'Connell sitting down to lunch together, and O'Connell raving about the joys of early retirement. That's certainly the definition of a 'low-intensity conflict,' isn't it? Facing down a defense secretary over a Cobb salad? If that's O'Connell's specialty, I think this might turn out to be good news, after all."

About The Rumsfeld Diaries Political Action Pak

The Rumsfeld Diaries Political Action Pak takes aim at Donald Rumsfeld on all fronts - satire (by mocking US-Iraqi relations and Rumsfeld's two decades of deep involvement in them), politics (by demanding Rumsfeld's resignation), and activism (by providing easy-to-use tools and resource guides for grass-roots action, and financial support for Amnesty International USA and Human Rights First). Learn more at www.RumsfeldDiaries.com!

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