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Good grief! Early on it was apparent to me that we had some key initiatives that were going to be difficult to achieve: (1) secure the oil fields, (2) minimize damage to infrastructure e.g. bridges, (3) minimize the possibility of the use of WMD.

I believe that when we struck the first bldg where Sadam and others were expected to be, we saw a window of opportunity - if we moved quickly enough we could achieve many of these goals while the Command & Control were not in a position to respond. It appears that we were right.

The idea that anyone would look at a military operation, and think that it was in anyway significant that, for a few days, some troops were down to a meal a day, is patently absurd! THIS IS WAR!! I am guessing that at Normandy this would have been considered 5 star accomodations.

We took a brilliant, calculated risk, and the results have proved stunning. And I have yet to hear of anyone that died from starvation or lack of water.

Give me a break...