Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer - Donald Rumsfeld

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?

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

This war [in Vietnam] has been marked by so many lies and evasions... that it is not right to have the war end with one last lie.