[KosmicKitty]

Krugman lives in Bizarro World.

If he says its raining, it must be a beautiful sunny day.

[Verginius Rufus]

It's a safe rule-of-thumb to assume that the exact opposite of what Krugman says is true. I had to look at the rest of the piece to understand his Anzio analogy--I didn't know if he meant from the German perspective or the Allied perspective.

I've been told that was the mistake made by the Syrians and Egyptians in the opening phase of the October 1973 War (a.k.a. Yom Kippur War), following the advice given them by their Soviet military advisors (being too cautious).