I Don't Do Quagmires.

Watch The Growth Of Middle Level Management. Don't Automatically Fill Vacant Jobs. Leave Some Positions Unfilled For 6-8 Months To See What Happens. You Will Find You Won't Need To Fill Some Of Them.

It Isn't Making Mistakes That's Critical; It's Correcting Them And Getting On With The Principal Task.

What Is The Value Of Having Millions Of People In Iraq Not Having A Repressive Regime? What Is The Value Of Having The Iraqi Regime Not Shooting At Uk And Us Aircraft Almost Every Day? What Is The Value Of The Iraqis Having A Free Press? What Is The Value Of The Foreign Minister Of Iraq Going To Paris, Calling For An End Of The Gadhafi Regime And Citing Iraq As A Model, As An Example, That In Fact A Freer Political System Can Exist In That Part Of The World?

Is It Likely That An Aircraft Carrier Or A Cruise Missile Is Going To Find A Person?

I Can't Tell You If The Use Of Force In Iraq Today Will Last Five Days, Five Weeks Or Five Months, But It Won't Last Any Longer Than That.