WAR WHORE VDH GETS IT, ALMOST

Victor Davis Hanson, one of Cheney's favorite "thinkers," has a glimmer of understanding about the flag officers and others who point out the facts about Iraq:

What is depressing is that a host of formal civilian and military officials, who during their tenure assured everyone that victory over the insurgents was in sight, then, upon leaving in the wake of criticism (one thinks of Bremer, Franks, Sanchez, etc.), post facto lambasted the effort. The net effect is a lack of credibility among the military and civilian overseers—sort of 'why should I believe you now, since when and if you are relieved, you will only retroactively tell us how bad was what you now say is good.'

The irony here is that this last statement also applies to himself, as The Angry Bear points out.