new War, same old Press
March 22, 2007It appears no military action is immune from the backseat driving of faux-informed editorialists:
NRO’s The Corner quotes General Lee
“It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers
In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I’m readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I’ll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials – after the fact.”
-Robert E. Lee, 1863
