- 'Don’t poison your national unity, as Bush did ours'. At the very least that was a team effort which included Democrats and a contemptible MSM. Laying this all at the feet of GWB - as if it were a policy goal - is a tell for the author's biases.
- 'Don’t squander your moment of global legitimacy, or assume tha…
- 'Don’t poison your national unity, as Bush did ours'. At the very least that was a team effort which included Democrats and a contemptible MSM. Laying this all at the feet of GWB - as if it were a policy goal - is a tell for the author's biases.
- 'Don’t squander your moment of global legitimacy, or assume that the world’s support will last a day longer if news emerges of mass civilian deaths in Gaza, or believe that its loss wouldn’t matter.' There's truth to this. However, that is in part due to a contemptible MSM which won't present the situation fairly. Israel needs to keep doing what it can to minimize civilian deaths even it those efforts aren't reported fairly, and in spite of the efforts of Hezbollah to increase the deaths of their own civilians for propaganda - which won't be reported widely.
- 'Don’t storm into Gaza without a plan for afterward.' Ding ding ding! Here's where the author nails it. In listening to Generals and boots on the ground enlisted folk, our biggest issue in Afghanistan was no exit strategy. Have a goal. Execute it. Get out. Don't go in ambiguously and wander aimlessly into 20 years of nation state building.
Interesting list of Don'ts.
- 'Don’t poison your national unity, as Bush did ours'. At the very least that was a team effort which included Democrats and a contemptible MSM. Laying this all at the feet of GWB - as if it were a policy goal - is a tell for the author's biases.
- 'Don’t squander your moment of global legitimacy, or assume that the world’s support will last a day longer if news emerges of mass civilian deaths in Gaza, or believe that its loss wouldn’t matter.' There's truth to this. However, that is in part due to a contemptible MSM which won't present the situation fairly. Israel needs to keep doing what it can to minimize civilian deaths even it those efforts aren't reported fairly, and in spite of the efforts of Hezbollah to increase the deaths of their own civilians for propaganda - which won't be reported widely.
- 'Don’t storm into Gaza without a plan for afterward.' Ding ding ding! Here's where the author nails it. In listening to Generals and boots on the ground enlisted folk, our biggest issue in Afghanistan was no exit strategy. Have a goal. Execute it. Get out. Don't go in ambiguously and wander aimlessly into 20 years of nation state building.