I've asked before, when has it ever been done better?
People just don't know history, or they would realize that the mistakes made in this war have been amazingly trivial by comparison to almost any other.
Sometime back a leftist was giving me the "no plan" line regarding Iraq, but made the mistake of elaborating that American forces had never before been sent to battle without a comprehensive strategic plan. Can you imagine? (I countered with the example of the allied campaign in the Mediterranean during World War II, but doubtless there are many other good examples if I was more of a military historian.)