The breakout from \"Will you fight for your country\".

[Sgt. Boomer]

Watched the Frontline-doc. Had a lot of great info about the power struggle in the Pentagon leading up to the Iraq war. The best line about Rummy was that he was the “most skillful bureaucratic knife-fighter in Washington”. Unfortunately his hands-on approach does seem to have made things worse in the post-war phase. Kind of like Churchill and some of his ideas- Norway, etc.

Overall, I think the grand strategy of going after the terrorists and state sponsors was the right one. Here’s a quote from an article a few months back:

“Look at the recently resurrected Osama bin Laden. Three years ago he was Mr. Jihad, demanding the restoration of the caliphate, the return of Andalucia, the conversion of every infidel to Islam, the imposition of sharia and an end to fornication, homosexuality and alcoholic beverages. In his latest video he sounds like some elderly Berkeley sociology student making lame jokes about Halliburton and Bush reading My Pet Goat.”
- Mark Steyn

It’s a pretty good sign when your enemy goes from a raving Hitler to a lame Jerry Lewis.