I think the problem comes when foreign policy trumps accepted military planning and decision making procedures.
And I do believe that the military is being ignored in an attempt to be PC.
I support the war and the military but I am beginning to feel that the adminsitration has blown the chance to win this decisively. And this will have repurcussions in the overal WOT.
Thanks so much for all the responses. I didn't mean to post and run but I'm busy today and can't answer all the great posts.
This reminds me so much of what happened during Vietnam. We didn't lose the war, it was lost for us by the people that are protesting it ie: the press, the liberals, and people like Graham and Hagel. I really believe that the terrorists see what is going on here and it only bolsters them. They aren't stupid, the uglier it gets, the more the war is protested, terrorist win.
I know that "eatdust" posting on this thread says he has done two rounds in Iraq and is going back for a third tour. Thank you for serving, I will take what you say with much more trust than most, even if we don't agree.
I can not believe extremes of the conflicting reports from soldiers that have not been filtered through the main stream media vs the full scale war that the main stream media has declared on GWB, Rumsfeld and the Iraqi war effort. It is too great of a difference and many on FR are too happy to take the side of the MSM.
Lets see 90% of the time the MSM has lied and distorted news in the past to fit it's own agenda.
Who to believe?