[Remole]

I've followed McCaffrey's analysis pretty closely, and I don't think he deserves the criticism leveled against him in this and other fora. He had a legitimate concern, that the force concentration was not going to be sufficient to prevent a long-drawn out conflict with 1000s of Coalition casualties. Better to be safe than sorry. There is no question, though, that he was in favor of this attack on Iraq and celebrated its success. I, too, predicted to friends and students that the attack would cost up to 10,000 Coalition troops, but I thought that it would be worth it and justified. Maybe on another forum we could list all of the ex-generals and pundits and administration officials who predicted victory in 3 1/2 weeks and fewer than 150 casualties. That would be pretty small list.

[alisasny]

Come up with a name for what Ellen Ratner did before the war even started.

"The true colors of the Liberal Left exposed"

"Quagmire Alert"

My mouth started moving before my brain award"

Or the "Trent Lott award for not being held accountable"

When she said on Neil Cavuto's Show that she "hoped" President Bush would "mess up the war" so he would "not be reelected."