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Thomas Sowell may find himself a victim of his own friendly fire. He has lost a lot of followers in three short days with three incredibly misplaced and boneheaded articles. The comments outside of Free Republic have been at least as brutal as there are here.

His historical analogies are so far off base that they are ludicrous. It is as if he never actually studied the subjects to which he is basing his analogies. To compare the retreat at Dunkirk to the caving on the debt ceiling is so ridiculous it defies comment.

And his ludicrous assertion that a Symbolic Victory is not a real victory ignores the entire history of warfare. And to claim that Washington went into Trenton knowing he would win that battle is the epitome of ignorance. That was Washington's Hail Mary pass. Everything had to work perfectly or it would have spelled disaster, but he needed a SYMBOLIC victory or the war was lost. By a miracle of Providence he was able to pull off a military victory. The entire war for independence was riding on pulling off a strategic victory against the British before the end of the year. Had he failed, the war would have been lost.

I have lost a lot of respect for Mr. Sowell in just 3 days. He owes both his fans and Ted Cruz an apology.

But somehow I think we will see the attack on Ted Cruz part IV very soon.