Reminds me of Robert McNamara, SecDef under JFK & LBJ. Early in the Kennedy administration, both he Kennedy knew that the way that they were fighting in Vietnam made the war unwinnable. They kept on fighting the war on unwinnable terms.
In the 1990s, when he wrote his memoirs admitting as much, anyone who was anyone in the Beltway attended the celebratory launch of his book.
Carly Fiorina nearly destroyed Hewlett-Packard. After she left HP, Bush the Lesser immediately began floating her name for the International Monetary Fund. When that didn't take, she ran for the Senate against Babs Boxer. She lost that, too. And now this: https://www.carlyforpresident.com/
Left wing and Right wing, our elites seem to be selected for their ability to fail at scale.
In the 1990s, when he wrote his memoirs admitting as much, anyone who was anyone in the Beltway attended the celebratory launch of his book.
Carly Fiorina nearly destroyed Hewlett-Packard. After she left HP, Bush the Lesser immediately began floating her name for the International Monetary Fund. When that didn't take, she ran for the Senate against Babs Boxer. She lost that, too. And now this: https://www.carlyforpresident.com/
Left wing and Right wing, our elites seem to be selected for their ability to fail at scale.