“I took the article as more of a BDS rant than an honest analysis of how the war was fought and what lessons could be learned from the mistakes (other than “Bush Sucks”).”
Well any critique of a war is practically by definition a critique of the president who presides over it. I don’t think any war has ever been initiated over the objections of the president in office. Bush is the leader. He has to take his lumps even if Iraq turns out the be the most successful campaign in US history. Aside from that, I think the one area that this article doesn’t cover and should is by not pointing the finger at us, the citizenry. No president can conduct a war as effectively as he should because the American people have set standards that make quick in and out campaigns the only politically exceptable option. We aren’t the same people of WW2 fame. No sacrifice is to little these days.
“Well any critique of a war is practically by definition a critique of the president who presides over it.”
Granted, and that would be acceptable. But the words “snotty incompetence” don’t comport with an objective analysis — it’s just bashing.