Rpublican gaffe of the month

Responding to reporter's questions, Def. Sec. Donald Rumsfield allowed as how the current chaos in Iraq is "not exactly" what the administration might have envisioned when it invaded the country. But that's as far as he would go. He also put his foot in his mouth when he said:

...the reason it is contained is because we have the extra troops there. That is self-evident. Come on, people are fungible. You can have them here or there.

The Kerry campaign immediately jumped on this, saying Rumsfield's statement "is further indication of this Administration's continuing disregard for the men and women who put their lives on the line," blah blah blah.