It exists. It’s existed every since Rumsfeld started playing hardball without listening to his generals.
That is such convoluted BS - Reality is the Big Green got Iraq all to themselves (on the whole) just like they asked for....It was "their game" and SOF (and others) were told to F-off (for the most part) early on....
Now a small segment of them want to cry......Give me a break.
Reality is the Old Big Green needed to be changed. SecDef Rumsfeld made it so......
Furthermore on the whole since Sept 11th, 2001 our enemies have had their as$es handed to them. They have suffered one strategic defeat after another......Yes, we've lost some d*mn good men & women (great warriors)...but our nation is safer, the world is safer and we are in the long process of changing the ME and dragging it out of the dark ages....
This reality is often overlooked with all the hand wringing, sky is falling BS we hear 24/7..... From many who don't have an F'ing clue what they are talking about.
Get it straight, the Old Big Green doesn't like playing support...and SecDef Rumsfeld told them they had to play that role in Stan and they've cried ever since....