I have to say, as I sit here at SOS trying so hard to avoid the kool-aid fire hose, this is amazing to read. I honestly thought that the generals were dropping the ball in regard to the counter-insurgency doctrine and thank God for Gen Petraeus pulling us within sight of complete victory. However, I've read Woodward's other books and thought they were a good picture of what was going on behind the scenes becuase it matched up with what I saw on the news etc at that time (i.e. written without a bunch of liberal trite). I haven't read the most recent installment, but it's definately on my must read list once my MBA is done in Dec.

Agreed though, those are some serious words from the WSJ. I hope that this topic is studied at the highest levels.