it's unfortunate that some people have this inability to seperate the actions of decision makers from the people carrying out those decisions... it's the epitomy of stupidity as far as i'm concerned, and the centerpiece of bush's "oppose me and you oppose our troops" rhetoric.
the fact of the matter is that virtually everyone who criticizes the actions of our military is primarily focused on the decision makers who have their heads deep up their asses.. little pawns like sgt. nobody are not our focus - and i personally feel sorry for them being caught up in such a blunderous war.. and when you learn of the dichotomy between the decision makers and the sgt. nobody's neck deep in iraqi quicksand, you have even more reason to despise the decision makers...
a new book entitled
"cobra II" was recently released.. according to every critic that i've read, it's a fair assessment, and extremely well documented. the book provides a seemingly irrefutable picture of complete incompetence at the top, which has caused undue burden on everyone on the ground in iraq.. it casts blame on both the civilian and military leadership who were completely removed from the reality that the troops saw on a daily basis. and, it casts a chronological play-by-play listing every opportunity that came and went where we could've proactively improved the situation.