Can you imagine this ever happening in the past eight years?
Jones, NATO's commissar, initially sold Afghanistan to NATO allies as if it were Kosovo; he soon realized that mistake and spent much of his term fighting for a different strategy and for more resources. Obama seems to appreciate the fact that Jones was able to change his mind and take a new course when evidence rendered his earlier assumptions inoperative.
Marc titled that post "Epigenetic By Virtue Of Them." He can use that word as a White House blogger because he works for the Atlantic.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/a-different-world/207963/
