Moral of story: Never Write Anything Down

Bob Herbert notes today a passage from George W. Bush's autobiography A Charge to Keep, in which Bush explains his initial support for the war in Vietnam (the one he was content to let OTHERS fight in):

"My inclination was to support the government and the war until proven wrong, and that only came later, as I realized we could not explain the mission, had no exit strategy, and did not seem to be fighting to win."