Some ideas are just plain stupid

On NPR last night, I heard President Bush complain that those who oppose his troop buildup are criticizing the plan before it has a chance to work.
Well, yes, George. They are. Because it won't work. Some ideas can be declared stupid before they are tested. If I were to plan to build a house on the moon, and to transport the building materials there using a powerful catapult, there would be no need to test the plan before declaring it stupid.
In Iraq, the problems run deeper than a lack of troops. The destruction of Hussein's regime allowed centuries of religious and tribal conflict to come to the surface. Those problems are not easily fixable, and all the troops in the world could hope only to keep a lid on things temporarily.
So, there is no need to give Bush's surge strategy a chance to work before sneering at it.