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the eminent ms. slaughter sure has a way with a convenient argument.
doesn't the military has a better take on incompetence in command? they REMOVE the bungler and replace him/her with someone who may not be smarter or as well thought of, but knows enough to TRY SOME OTHER PATH.
that's exactly why it's important to know who said what, or encouraged what, or believed what. so the same mistakes don't keep getting made. this isn't gotcha -- and by the way, anyone who uses that phrase tips his or her hand: s/he's all about the evading of responsibility.
i think it was marx who said history repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce. while we could all use a little humor right about now, not at the expense of american and iraqi blood and treasure. no more.
