In the planning for the first Gulf War he advocated a head on assault, which would have led to far more casualties. Fortunately, he was overridden and the enormously successful flanking attack was used with minimum casualties on our side and maximum casualties to the other side. There is a very good chance that he is wrong here as well.
So did Swartzkoff: “Hey diddle diddle, right up the middle”, is the way Boyd referred to it.