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Kevin Drum:
"I've been thinking about is how badly the liberal blogosphere and the liberal establishment have been outplayed here. . . . We're only seeing the results of Petraeus's PR blitzkrieg now. . . . The general has profoundly outplayed the amateurs on their home turf. . . . Bravo, general. Well played"
I had the mistaken impression that generals were supposed to apply their minds to outsmarting enemy officers, and maybe, in the case of an occupation, to the generation of lasting political solutions for the occupied country. Here Drum learns me different: their job is to be propagandists, first and foremost. So be like Petreus, generals! Concentrate on the stateside PR, and don't worry about whatever's going on over there in...oh, wherever all your troops are!
PS: Props to My Man Godfrey: you captured Rove's putrescent essence as succinctly as possible.
