A Failed Student

Moving On - Matt Yglesias

This is the thing that bother me about the whole issue of whether the surge has actually worked according to the numbers the administration has provided--any college student in a first year English class gets drilled into their heads to provide sources. I couldn't write a thesis or dissertation without providing evidence and the source of that evidence. Wikipedia pages are constantly tagged if they do not provide adequate sourcing. So why should a general, with a PhD no less, get away without providing sources?