In Vietnam, I understand the official term was “friendly fire.” The grunts called it “fragging.” Killed by your own troops. It happens. Generals don’t like to lose anybody, but as realists, they have to talk about things in terms of “acceptable losses” and “collateral damage.” But when it is leaders taking the bullet, and not foot soldiers, there’s usually a more political and Machiavellian undercurrent to it. And that brings us to speculate on the fallout from Project Gunwalker, and how it pertains to the political prospects of one Barack Hussein Obama.
