Helicopter Down: "What is increasingly clear is that neither the present-day Pentagon whiz kids nor their patron, Vice President Dick Cheney, have learned much from history. They encourage President Bush to insist, 'We are not leaving;' and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld to protest that this war is 'winnable.' But most of those with a modicum of experience in guerrilla warfare and the Middle East are persuaded that the war is not winnable and that the only thing in doubt is the timing of the U.S. departure. "
- posted by geoff @ #