The weeks hearings were not a seamless success for Democrats. On Tuesday they seemed to be losing the thread. But by Wednesday and Thursday it was restored.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was not a persuasive witness and did not move the story forward, because in spite of the obvious patriotism reflected in his record he was annoyingsmug and full of himself. He appeared in full dress uniform with three rows of ribbons. When Rep. Devin Nunes called him Mr. Vindman, he quickly corrected him: Ranking Member, its Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, please. Oh, snap. As he described his areas of authority at the National Security Council, he seemed to glisten with self-regard. You got the impression he saw himself as fully in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine. Asked if it was true that government offered to make him their defense minister he said yes with no apparent embarrassment. I dont know about you but I dont like it when a foreign government gets a sense of a U.S. military officer and concludes he might fit right in. (A Ukrainian official later said the job offer was a joke.)
I couldnt read the whole article because it was behind a paywall. But from what youve posted it doesnt sound as if Noonan is saying exactly what the headline said. Maybe a bad attempt at sarcasm?
That said, shes past her sell-by date, which actually happened after Reagan left office. She attacked the inoffensive and barely conservative GWB all the time too, but I think that was after he had fired her. Since then she has had few flickers of wisdom. And I hate her portentous/pretentious tone.