Fun picture of Dr. Kenneth "Cakewalk" Adelman in the new issue of the Washingtonian magazine. He's depicted out on the town, nattily dressed, enjoying life as only a D.C. power player can. Life is good!

Dr. Adelman has such a distinguished record of opining on military matters, Suits & Sentences would like to see him go on Larry King Live or some such and tell us what he thinks President Obama should do in Afghanistan. Although Dr. Adelman (Grinnell '67, Georgetown '69, Georgetown '75) never actually served in the military, he has plenty of strong opinions.

Remember, from April 2002:

"I believe that demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk."

And from April 2003:

"My confidence 14 months ago sprang from having worked for Don Rumsfeld three times -- knowing he would fashion a most creative and detailed war plan -- and from knowing Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz well for many years."

Take that, doubters! But then -- oh no! -- going to war with the Pentagon leadership we have turned out not so well. Dr. Adelman by 2006 had deserted his old friends, the ones he knew so well for so many years. Saith he:

"They turned out to be among the most incompetent teams in the postwar era. Not only did each of them, individually, have enormous flaws, but together they were deadly, dysfunctional."

No dead-ender he! And last year, Dr. Adelman got a day's notice by announcing his support for then-candidate Barack Obama. Adroitly done! So having laundered his reputation, surely Dr. Adelman can tell the world now whether an Afghanistan mini-surge is a good idea or no.