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	<title>Comments on: more hersh hoopla</title>
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		<title>By: Big John</title>
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		<description>Hersch&#039;s entire thesis rests on two things; that the war is &#039;faltering&#039;, and &#039;leaks&#039; from unnamed &#039;senior planners&#039; who speak directly to him.

The idea that the war is going badly is idiotic. No army ever moved so far into enemey territory so fast in history. Stopping for a few days to consolidate does not constitute faltering. The anti-war crowd desperately desires that this be so, but no dice.

As for these &#039;leaks&#039;, it sounds a lot like the typical bellyaching you get from any organization full of big egos, charged with an important job. With a group that large you&#039;re bound to dig up one or two willing to bad-mouth those at the top.

When one considers that Hersch&#039;s article makes the administration look bad, and that ALL the leftist press seems to be hammering on the &#039;faltering&#039; theme, it looks damned suspicious to me.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hersch&#8217;s entire thesis rests on two things; that the war is &#8216;faltering&#8217;, and &#8216;leaks&#8217; from unnamed &#8216;senior planners&#8217; who speak directly to him.</p>
<p>The idea that the war is going badly is idiotic. No army ever moved so far into enemey territory so fast in history. Stopping for a few days to consolidate does not constitute faltering. The anti-war crowd desperately desires that this be so, but no dice.</p>
<p>As for these &#8216;leaks&#8217;, it sounds a lot like the typical bellyaching you get from any organization full of big egos, charged with an important job. With a group that large you&#8217;re bound to dig up one or two willing to bad-mouth those at the top.</p>
<p>When one considers that Hersch&#8217;s article makes the administration look bad, and that ALL the leftist press seems to be hammering on the &#8216;faltering&#8217; theme, it looks damned suspicious to me.</p>
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