] Why, when we flex our military muscles on behalf of
] freedom and peace, does the world beyond our borders
] become all the more cantankerous and disorderly?
] Madeleine Albright irritated Colin Powell by famously
] asking, "What's the point of having this great
] army you're always talking about if we can't
] use it" From our present perspective, a better
] question might be: "What's the point of using
] this great army if the result is Fallujah, Najaf and
] Karbala?"

A particularly damning accounting of Tommy Franks stewardship in the Mid-East disguised as a book review. And it raises some very interesting points like the one above.

ANDREW BACEVICH - A MODERN MAJOR GENERAL