I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours? - Donald Rumsfeld

Let's hear it for the essential daily briefing, however hollow and empty it might be. We'll do it.

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.

And the only way there's going to be followers, is if the leader is doing things that have merit, that are persuasive to others. Why else would someone follow somebody if they didn't think the individual was doing something worthwhile, going in the right direction?