Away from our desks

Sheesh, I never knew till now how well-informed the Israeli military are. But this record of a meeting of the Israeli General Staff in the lead-up to the war in Lebanon last July will show what fine-grained knowledge they possess:

I draw your attention to Table 8. You'll see that in every war, our military operations have taken less incoming criticism during summer months. We call this the "Away From My Desk" effect. Professors on summer break are less likely to write op-eds and show up in the media.

See what I mean? The rest is here. (Via Michael Totten.)