“I notice that Plunge failed to respond to the my post. Its what I expected.”

Good grief, not everyone has the time to check every second for a reply. I’ll most certainly respond when I have the time (tonight).

For now, I would note that Patton was speaking about an operation in the midst of an ongoing war, not the start of an entire invasion. And it was far from a “perfect” plan that we threw out, but rather one that was far superior, well thought out, and strategically far far better for the WoT. Pangloss might think that all is for the best, but I have a hard time with people who claim to be interested in winning the WoT, but then think that any military action that occurs is the best possible choice, always. If this were a chess game against Osama, frankly, I’d rather not have people that think ANY random move is the best just because it happens to be the most aggressive out of all the aggressive moves available.

“Plunge, the idea that there were some sort of perfect plans for the invasion of Iraq that – if only President Bush hadn’t rushed – would have resulted in some better outcome is frankly a bizarre claim.”

How so? Do you know ANYTHING about this subject other than that you passionately love George Bush?

And how is it outrageous to note that the brass and the policy people despise the civilian leadership, and vice-versa?