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Originally posted by Spanky
The "national dialogue" reminds me of the dialogue that surrounds a professional sports team. Everyone is an expert on how the Giants should develop their strategy and what they need to do to have a winning season. And when they lose everyone knows what went wrong and why they are losing. All the sportswriters write articles second guessing the coaches decisions etc. Of course everyone disagrees but everyone is sure their own opinion is right.
The invasion of Iraq went almost perfectly. But now that the occupation has not been up to everyone's expectation everyone knows what went wrong and why. All of a sudden everyone is an expert on the Middle East and military strategy.
If you are the coach of the Giants how much attention do you pay to the opinions of random fans and sportswriters? If your team is not doing well do you turn to random fans with opinions, fans that write editorials about the team or to the sportswriters? Do these people have access to even ten percent of the knowledge they need to make a prudent assessment?
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Think about how nuts they'd go if Coughlin took his team to the wrong stadium, only played 5 players, and punted on first down.
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