[LS]

I am that author, I do know the difference and it's called a sloppy edit, not unclear thinking.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

I am that author, I do know the difference and it's called a sloppy edit, not unclear thinking."

I didn't like the "guesses" mentioned int the article with the numbers either. Although I would say that your wording is a lot more honest than the lame stream media's - quoting some made-up number of of thin air and treating it like it was a proven fact.

I'd say it was a well-written article and this part was pretty clear thinking:

"There is an even more important lesson to be learned from statistics on IEDs. Enemy training, morale, munitions, and, above all, numbers have been declining. How long does it take to make an IED? Having never made one myself, I’m not sure. But I do know this for certain: It’s taking more and more time with each jihadist we kill or who blows himself up in the learning process. Not only is the numbers game working against the terrorists, but so is time. As more trained terrorists die, the learning curve—a lethal one, in this case—increases further."

[Screaming_Gerbil]

"...Having just returned from North Carolina's Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and reviewed the training the Marines go through, I can attest that these numbers are being taken very seriously...

I was stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1974-1978. I was with the 2nd Amtrac Bn at Courthouse Bay. Is it still possible to get on the base and drive on the highway through Camp Lejeune after registering at the gate?

Would like to go back and see the place. How did you get to see the training? That would be cool...

[jammer]

...it's called a sloppy edit, not unclear thinking.

How about a compromise? "Lack of care?"