“It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command troops, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers (and anchor television news shows)! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.

Accordingly, I’m readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I’ll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact.

Robert E. Lee, 1863