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In the wake of Gen. David McKiernan’s firing yesterday, Tom Ricks points out an interesting trend: the top military guys in the war on terror are now all West Point graduates. Conversely, the guys who have taken the bulk of the heat for failures are nearly all non-grads. I’m not sure what, if anything, to make of that, but it’s a curious coincidence.
