Although the list of mistakes is long and continues to grow, let's start with the recent dilemma: the "AfPak" drama.
Mr. McCain ticked off a long list of mistakes by the current administration, saying there were "unqualified people in charge, there was a total misreading of the dimensions of the disaster, there was a failure of communications".
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 15 (AP) — Tommy Grady threw three touchdown passes, Darrell Mack ran for 107 yards and Utah capitalized on a long list of mistakes by No. 11 U.C.L.A. in a 44-6 upset of the Bruins on Saturday.
The chief executive, Ross McEwan, warned the rest of the year would be "noisy" as the long list of mistakes from the past continued to catch up with the bank.
However, progressives seem to me to neglect this channel of influence compared to much less important ones, such as campaign spending, rendering their favoured account of the effects of money on democratic politics badly incomplete.In a recent post on "Common mistakes of left-wing economists", the first item on Tyler Cowen's list of mistakes is:1.
"There are a long list of mistakes and I'm glad that Paul Bremer has finally admitted at least two of them, and the president of the United States needs to tell the truth to the American people," Mr. Kerry told several hundred supporters in a school gym.
Mr. Kerry said the administration had made "a long list of mistakes" in Iraq, and added, "I'm glad that Paul Bremer has finally admitted at least two of them, and the president of the United States needs to tell the truth to the American people".
Whereas Meade inspected his lines, fine-tuned his plans and developed contingencies, Lee made a long list of mistakes: his ambiguous commands, his embrace of faulty intelligence, the command structure breakdown, a flawed artillery barrage and, finally, his inability to "manage his generals".
Mr. Kerry said the administration had made "a long list of mistakes" in Iraq, and added that Mr. Bremer had admitted to two of them; that "we didn't deploy enough troops to get the job done, and, two, we didn't contain the violence after Saddam was deposed".
