'GRAND STRATEGY'

Peter Schweizer writes a smart piece in yesterdays edition of USA TODAY, in which he compares Franklin Delano Roosevelt to George W. Bush.

FDR faced harsh criticism for focusing first on Germany, not Japan, in World War II. The thinking was Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, not Germany. Sound familiar? The Left thinks Iraq is a grand diversion from the War On Terror.

Roosevelt heard criticism about his reasons for focus on Germany. Many believed it to be a willingness to satisfy Great Britain. Today, Bush and the neo-conservatives are chided for being too pro-Israel.

Both men faced crazy conspiracy theories. Roosevelt 'ignored' evidence that Japan was planning to attack Pearl Harbor; Bush invented evidence to have an excuse to invade Iraq.

I cannot tell you how excited I am about the mere existence--in an otherwise worthless Leftist rag like USA TODAY--of this brilliant piece. Schweizer does the nation and the a great service by connecting America's past with America's present.

I love the terminology 'Grand Strategy.' It means, simply, that you don't only defeat your enemies, but you defeat them in a logical sequence that will lead to, in Schweizer's words, 'a favorable postwar situation.'