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A Quote Backfires

24 Jun 2007 08:00 pm

Michael Ledeen quotes a famous general complaining that

we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers!

I think it's Michael's attempt to persuade people that what the media is reporting - the failure of the surge in Iraq - is to be ignored in favor of generals who know how to win the war. Except the quote is from Robert E. Lee. D'oh!

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