Jeffrey Goldberg, Columnist

Is This 'Leading From Behind' on Syria?

There’s nothing like acting out of an acute fear of mockery to get you mocked, I suppose. 
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Oh, for God's sake. From the Los Angeles Times:

There's nothing like acting out of an acute fear of mockery to get you mocked, I suppose. Remember "leading from behind"? This quote ranks up there in the did-someone-actually-say-that category. (By the way, I don't doubt the accuracy of the reporting, I'm just incredulous that someone in a position of responsibility would be so brutally frank.)