Although his name still evokes controversy, this short column hits the mark:


Our Own Worst Enemy
By ALEXANDER M. HAIG, JR.
July 10, 2007; Page A21

Let us not delude ourselves. The recent Hamas conquest of Gaza is a signal defeat for the United States that goes well beyond the particulars of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have sought to deny the Islamic terrorists a territorial base in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and elsewhere. Now they have won one on the Mediterranean.

Gaza is partly a consequence of three bad habits bedeviling the war on terror:
Electing the anti-democrats.
Speak fast, act slow.
Too many generals. [in the Senate]