Posted by Botnst: What I learned from it was that she either was a false friend and thus, betrayal of her friendship meant little to her.

Or she was never more than a friendly acquaintance and abuses us, her readers, with a false pretense of true friendship.

In either case, her opinion suffers to the degree that she claims any friendship with somebody whom she then disparages.

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Another false either/or. As a professional, she has every right to call em as she sees em. If Rumsfeld cannot handle her criticism of how he conducts his office, then he isn't much of a friend. It's the old love the sinner, hate his sin idea.

From my point of view, friends ought to be able to disagree, and still be friends. My circle of friends includes a pretty wide range, and I do not detect a reluctance to express disagreement among them. Sounds like it's much different with you.

Joe B.