Is Secretary of Defense Panetta Going to Be the Sacrificial Lamb for Obama?

• An opening excerpt from Jonah's report:

The Panetta Doctrine

By Jonah Goldberg

October 28, 2012 12:19 P.M.

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The secretary of defense in his best grown-up voice says:

“(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”

• The proper doctrine is: Even if there are only one of ours in jeopardy, we must send in even a battalion to rescue immediately.
• How did this Panetta get this job? It's O.K. for ambassador to Andorra, but Secretary of Defense?  
• Perhaps got a peek into files when he was the Go Fer for the first black President Clinton. 

 Read the rest of Jonah's excellent comments at NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE by Jonah Goldberg [The Corner].