Criticism of the war

From Powerline (one of the top five blogs, IMO):

"We are not military tacticians, nor are we privy to intelligence beyond what appears in the newspapers and what we can deduce through common sense. But we agree with President Bush's basic judgments and decisions; we respect him and his security team; and we are absolutely confident that he shares our determination to defeat, once and for all, the threat of Islamic terrorism. It is hard to see what purpose would be served by second-guessing the administration over every setback, or wringing our hands over every difficulty. Setbacks and difficulties are endemic to warfare, and God knows there is plenty of second-guessing and hand-wringing going on without our contributing to it.

If we ever become convinced that the administration has made a major misjudgment in its conduct of the war, you can be sure we will express that conviction. In the meantime, the administration has our support and our admiration, and we will not add our voices to the burden of incessant criticism under which the administration labors."

Amen. Wish I could write like that.