[Torie]

Has there been written anywhere a coherent case that Rumsfeld made misjudgments that compromised the war effort? Is it really clear that more troops would have made much difference? Is it clear that it was possible to fashion an effective Iraqi military authority earlier? Do any of these generals really have the breadth of knowledge of the puzzle palace to really know? Isn't the real problem the power clash between Sunnis and Shiites, that probably could not have been finessed? That strikes me as one of those success has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan thingies.

[operation clinton cleanup]

That strikes me as one of those success has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan thingies.

Exactly.