The last word on the decision to disband the Iraqi army was spoken over 50 years ago by Kennedy (obviously on another subject), when he said "success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan."

Ultimately, the failure has to be laid at the door of the Bush administration, which was, after all, quite ready to take the credit for "victory" when it looked as if it had it, and must accept the blame for the failure of that victory to materialize.

Don't hold your breath waiting for that, of course. What they've tried to do is pretend it's all Michael Moore's fault.

What must it be like, I wonder, to serve in a senior position in the military under clowns like this?