[anniegetyourgun]

I'd give anything to be even half as prolific and a third as profound in my own writing as David is.

And check this out - it is the kernel of the entire article:

The disarray that characterized the Clinton security policy flowed from the "Administration’s growing inability to tell the world—and itself—the truth." It was the signature problem of the Clinton years.

[Boxsford]

Thanks for the ping annie! It's a good article. I think this is a good and telling line as well:
During the Clinton years the idea that America was somehow responsible for global distress had become an all too familiar refrain among leftwing elites.