The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.