Bob Woodward once again shows us how through the course of his career he's gone from government watchdog to sleek-coated lapdog. Last week, Obama says he's skeptical of a troop increase in Afghanistan. By Sunday evening, the Post is running a column-one story on McChrystal's "leaked" memo. The delivery boy? Woodward. All this story does is legitimize the theatrics of the standoff between Defense and the White House. Irresponsible.

This is simply a summary of a larger document, serving as a 'book review' of sorts. In that narrow capacity, it does a good job. It interjects facts here and there for readers unfamiliar with certain aspects of the Afghanistan situation, but otherwise just lays out the key pieces of McChrystal's report. Having read much of the full (unclassified) report, this article serves as a fair summary. Some people would prefer more analysis, but that can be found from numerous other sources.