Many years ago, when I was learning the ins and outs of being an Army officer (full disclosure: I was an E5 before they pulled out my brains and made me a second lieutenant), one caution I remember us being constantly given was, “If you don’t know where your people are, they’re probably ahead of you.” We were also constantly cautioned about the dangers of losing control of a situation. In military matters, losing control of a situation can result in your getting a lot of your people killed. In politics, it can result in one losing elections, which from a politician’s standpoint, may be just as undesirable.
The Biden administration has fallen afoul of both of those traps.
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, President Joe Biden’s consistent support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response has prompted a series of anonymous letters from staffers within the White House,…
