So now we're supposed to think about whether I read the entire thing, as I did, rather than his crushing assessment of the Bush administration and the strategy they have, or don't have.

Frankly, the party line on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is so far out of whack that anyone who follows it is destined to be regarded as a quack, on a par with Reagan's astrologer, not to be taken seriously except as a serious fool.

6 years in Afghanistan, almost 5 in Iraq, $3 trillion spent and committed, and for what? Now, tell us again how good it is, how secure it is, how victory is just around the corner, the Taliban is in it's last throes and al-Qaeda is as good as gone.

On second thought, tell it to the tooth fairy next time you see it.

Arf