Morton Doodslag: And, as if on cue, the local specimen “Terasita” provides the taste that proves the pudding. It’s all there, the characteristic bitter clinging, the antipathy towards those who know more than she. There’s not even the slightest hint of embarrassment (but then there never is). Thank you for providing an example of the exact thing which this article skewers.

That’s really good. I link to a transcript from a Pentagon briefing that described the Anbar Awakening bearing fruit in September 2006. Bush announced the Surge in January 2007 and it wasn’t until April 2007 before the bulk of the troops were on-line. From this you derive “bitterness” and “antipathy” and a lack of “embarrassment”. Is this a history blog, or psychology amateur hour?