A better metaphor is Lincoln and McClellan.
Shooting people in the trenches - bad.
Removing ineffective and timid leaders - good.
Shooting people in the trenches - bad.
Removing ineffective and timid leaders - good.
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"If General McClellan does not want to use the Army, I would like to borrow it for a time, provided I could see how it could be made to do something" - Abraham Lincoln