To be perfectly honest, my perception of the tactics in this war have oscillated widely from "that's pretty damn clever" to "Holy shit, how could they screw up like that?" Sometimes applied to the same actions, but with newer information.

From an objective standpoint, all politics aside, I still have no idea if this war is being run by geniuses or the clueless, and better minds than mine are having the same trouble deciding.

Obviously, since one would not widely broadcast one's secret strategies, from the outside it is difficult to discern "Really good secret plan" from "no plan at all." It is some comfort to think that the enemy is equally confused.