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"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant ones 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 am 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." Sound familiar? Could be George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, or any of our various generals since the beginning of the current operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. No; it was a statement made in 1863 by Robert E. Lee.
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