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Shortly after I agreed to the demand that I remove the original content of this post, I couldn't help thinking of the epilogue of Fog of War, when Errol Morris questioned former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara about his reluctance to discuss infinitely more important matters than the weekend behavior of unnamed people. Morris asked if it was a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.

McNamara said, "Yeah. And I'd rather be damned if I don't."

January 4, 2005