...take for example Keith Olbermann, who said (via Jules Crittenden): "The selection of the wrong war, in the wrong time, in the wrong place — the most disastrous geopolitical tactic since Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia in 1914 and destroyed itself in the process..." (You can read his entire column here).
Geez. Jules has already pointed out several ways in which we can see that Mr. Olbermann's statement is, er, not the brightest (speaking again of World War II, have we forgotten so soon Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941???). And don't forget Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812...