I need spell check. I cannot type to save my life. I use intellectuals as a joke. I see retired generals and embassy officals making political statements for what they are, their opinions. I would expect some old school military and diplomats to have trouble with new strategies. It is a big slow shift away from Marshall plan doctrine which is the school these people where trained. People are going to fight that shift tooth and nail and it's the basis of almost every dispute we have in this forum re: the election.