Victor Davis Hanson: "I thought immediately of the macabre aftermath to the battle of Arginusae in 406 B.C. After destroying a great part of the Peloponnesian fleet in the most dramatic Athenian naval victory of the war, the popular assembly abruptly voted to execute six of their eight successful generals (the other two wisely never came back to Athens) on charges that they had failed to rescue seamen who were clinging to the wreckage.
"[...]Instead the people demanded perfection in addition to mere overwhelming success -- and so in frustration devoured their own elected officials."
VDH is always awesome, this is a must read, from Arginusae, he brings us to Germany ("better in '39 or '46?") to Dan Rather, CNN and NPR.
Great stuff!