Who has been fickle?

Putz, citing Hanson:

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ON POLITICS:

Yet the universal human desire to be associated in the here and now with the assumed winning side — and to shun perceived defeat — trumps them all. Throughout this war, that natural urge explains most of the volatile and shifting views of our politicians, pundits and media as they scramble to readjust to the up-and-down daily news from Iraq.

And so it is with the latest positioning about the surge that to a variety of observers seems successful — at least for now.

A lot of people do seem kind of fickle that way.

Without a doubt, the fringe 25-percenters who initially supported the war and continue to do so 4 long years later are far more ridiculous and dangerous and kooky than the people who were naive or stupid enough to give the Bushies the benefit of the doubt, then bailed when it became clear to everyone not named Reynolds or Hewitt or Hanson that he'd massively screwed the whole thing up.

Being consistent after the underlying facts have changed proven you wrong isn't a virtue: it's insanity.