Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Historical Perspective, or Historical Blinders?

On the way to work this morning, NPR told me that "due to the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan", the Secretary of Defense was replacing the U.S. military commander there.

Given what the history of the Civil War has suggested to me about "newspaper editors and politicians", I'm inclined to conclude that the situation in Afghanistan is not actually deteriorating in any strategic way, and that the general being replaced is really the best man for the job...

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