I think it is now time for the media pundits to apologise. They do not need
to be very profuse. A simple “sorry” will suffice. In classical Greek
traditions, Cassandra was a prophetess who prophesied bad outcomes and was
always right — but who was never believed. I guess we can call these
contemporary self-appointed experts anti-Cassandras in so far as they are
believed when they prophesy bad outcomes, but who at least until now have always
been wrong. In war-time those who spread defeatism and constantly predict
military failures for their own side can be with some justification accused of
aiding and abetting the enemy.