[wideawake]

(1) By "limit case" I meant that Arnold was the best soldier ever to have done anything so horrible - in other words, it would be hard to imagine a worse scenario.

(2) I think Bacevich is carrying water for traitors by making the "Bush lied" style of rhetoric more palatable to non-moonbats.

I am sure he honestly believes he is doing the country a service. But he isn't.

[leadpenny]

“carrying water for traitors”

Let me guess, “traitors” are those who disagrees with the conduct of the war? What do we have left if Americans can’t speak freely about what they believe? Would it be worth defending?

[JeffAtlanta]

I think Bacevich is carrying water for traitors by making the "Bush lied" style of rhetoric more palatable to non-moonbats.

Maybe you should read more closely - Bacevich has written that he does not believe that anyone lied.