Remember when the leftists, led by the New York Times, were loudly proclaiming that Afghanistan would be another "quagmire like Viet Nam"? Does anyone recall any of those armchair "experts" explaining why they were dead wrong, or apologizing for deceiving the people? (Those of the people who still take them seriously.)
When a pundit is wrong, they just move on to the next subject and screw that one up as well. When a general is wrong, men and women under his or her command die in unacceptable numbers, and the career of that general is effectively over. It's called being responsible for your actions, a concept that is foreign to leftists, especially those at the Times.
Because so much more is at stake when a general, as opposed to a pundit, makes a decision, that's why the generals are more often right. Generals have to be cautious; they have to examine all alternatives; and when they DO act, it must be decisive; because the consequences of their decisions are serious and real.
Dick Morris has hit the nail on the head. However, he is still a pervert; and he has yet to apologize for foisting Bill Clinton on the country for an extra four years.
Congressman Billybob
Bingo on both counts.
Perhaps this is his way of apologizing. I'm more impressed by actions than words anyway. But anyone who was once in Clinton's inner circle is inherently suspect. So I'll appreciate his writing and mistrust the man himself. Once tainted by the Clinton slime, it's like a tattoo of evil -- it may fade with time, but it still marks you.
This is just like the Gulf War - the media did the same thing - even showing how the Iraqi defenses were designed to be a killing zone.
That goodness our military has real military strategists, and doesn't listen to the media.
It became awful difficult for the Iraqi "kill zones" to be effective when the Americans showed up in the dark, 180 degrees out from where the Iraqis expected (well, the Iraqi's that hadn't yet surrendered).
I have a sneaking suspicion, based on what we saw in the first Gulf War and in Afghanistan, that whatever the US does, will be a complete surprise - to everyone, especially the clueless media.
Never forget: "The Mother of all Battles" became the "Mother of all Retreats"