They are not stupid, they are arrogant> which in this case is worse.
At least if they were stupid, maybe somebody could teach them about their mistakes, but arrongance is unfixable.
His arrogance has yet to go visit the troops, and as Commander in Chief that was what Bush did first after being inaugerated. The big “O” had an interview on Al Jazeera, a visit to Canada, and some other socialist/marxist interests.