9 B.C.

And I thought "the greatest strategic blunder in modern memory" (James Webb) was bad -


Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid
for a Foolish War
By MARTIN VAN CREVELD
November 25, 2005

For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president's men. If convicted, they'll have plenty of time to mull over their sins.

Martin van Creveld, a professor of military history at the Hebrew University, is author of "Transformation of War" (Free Press, 1991). He is the only non-American author on the U.S. Army's required reading list for officers.