And by the way -- yet another central point, one made here quite often -- smart needs to be coupled with honesty. This is yet another lesson of Viet Nam and Iraq. McNamara was very smart, Nixon and Kissinger were smart. But all were vastly dishonest. Of course, Bush is merely dishonest.*
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