Ah, the daffodils, the smell of spring is in the air, the geese are flying back to Canada, and another war is being fought out of the Pentagon by clueless civilians. Haven't we seen this movie too? (Apologies to Elton John/Bernie Taupin).

I always thought that we would never let the political leadership make stupid decisions about what occurred on the field of battle, after Vietnam. Apparently I was wrong. Dopey Moi.

And here I thought that the reason we had Generals and Admirals and stuff was to provide guidance on the use of our forces in an operational context. Boy, I guess I was wrong.

Have PVTs Perle and Wolfowitz finished that jump training Chuck Hagel asked about yet?