Casey Takes The Bat To The President

Bill McGurn says Woodward's new book is like the Gen. McLellan take on Lincoln.

we are led to find fault with a president allegedly obsessed with a "kill the bastards" approach to Iraq. But then we are asked to accept that the reason we're now seeing success in Iraq because we're . . . killing the bastards.

Logic is not the strong suit of men proven wrong and keen to defend themselves.