Comment - The U.S. military is highly adaptable. It's not a "failure" when you have to change your plan to adjust to changing circumstances. From this article: "Whatever happens, the war is fast becoming a demanding test of the commanders' ability to adapt to unforeseen circumstances, synchronize their diverse forces to get the most from them and prevail in a complex, risky and most unusual war."

The Wall Street Journal has an annoying article on today's front page. When noting our challenges in Iraq (in a war that's all of a week old!) it mentions Hitler's disaster in Russia, especially in Stalingrad.

It's an ignorant and shallow comparison. The article claims Hitler's army "was shattered by crumbling logistics and harassment of supply lines by small Russian units." No, that's not what happened at all in Russia during WWII. Hitler's army was shattered by a vicious, multi-million-man Soviet counterattack that was supplied in large part by American trucks and food. Plus, there was the impact of round-the-clock Allied bombing of Germany and the opening of a second front on the beaches of Normandy.

It's not so much that those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them...it's more like reporters who get their history wrong are destined to sound stupid.

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