Sez the Duchess about Juan Cole:

But his biases are so acute I don't trust him an inch.

And by the way, I can't wait to see what lies Commander Codpiece comes up with next week at the Army War College. Whatever it may be, you can be sure that Lap-Dog Sullivan will be watching and rebroadcasting it as "bold" and "farsighted", but as we all know words and deeds are somewhat divergent within the 1600 Crew; just ask anyone not a recipient of their Largese after Fearless Leader has said something nice about them. Nothing will be done, Sullivan will spend about two weeks crowing with triumphalism about his hero's 'vision-thing', Commander Codpiece will see that there's no quick fix, toss away his new toy and Sullivan will again be "so disappointed". My timeline may be off by a few weeks; but by June 30th Sullivan will make up a new award and give it to his hero ... just a guess.