I don't know about his post-war fortunes, but Col. Patrick Lang deserves some mention by merit of his well-reasoned arguments on PBS's Newshour during the leadup to the war. A former Pentagon intelligence officer with specialty in the Middle East, Lang consistently applied his knowledge of the history and culture of Iraq to the debate, and simply by so doing exposed basic flaws of administrative positions. He was quietly and thoroughly analytical, and at some future date will, I think, be seen as one of the most clearsighted of the commentators. He was, of course, ignored. Not surprising, when the number two at the State Dept., Richard Armitage, was--and remains--proud of having said to Musharaff "history begins today." I suppose if you're ignorant, a potential ploy would indeed be to declare knowledge null and void. Too bad reality won't play along.