IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK...

I wanted to get this on the record as my gut tells me this might just cost Rummy a "good point of the day" award sometime in the future.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the almost daily attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq do not constitute a guerrilla war.

Mr. Rumsfeld instead blamed the deadly attacks on remnants and sympathizers of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime. He also said common criminals are behind some attacks, noting that Saddam Hussein freed almost 100,000 prisoners before the U.S.-led invasion.

Mr. Rumsfeld spoke Friday after three attacks claimed the lives of three U.S. soldiers in 24 hours.

That story is here.