We are still doing a fine job in Iraq despite the naysayers who verbalize cowardice with every living breath they take.
Sure, I think some misconceptions on the degree and intensity of the "insurgency" were underestimated but that is so typical in the fog of war.
The tendency to operate with kid gloves on instead of fully releasing the "dogs of war" is in part responsible for the insurgency.
I do believe that once engaged in war it is best to "give them all they can handle and a little more"
As General Sherman said during his march to the sea....
"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it" Sherman to the leadership of Atlanta, prior to Burning the City.
Perhaps if we had done a little more destroying during the days directly after the intitial military successes we might have limited the insurgency simply by burning and destroying enough cities and enclaves to the extent that places to hide might have been absent.
That is the price paid for being PC during war.
Our casualties have been minimal to this point as I see it and others with much more expertise than I would agree.
At this point they (the insurgents) kill far more locals each day. All that is needed is to hold the line and support the democratically elected government of Iraq.
To run away like a crippled yellow dog is not the answer.
Our military is still a "volunteer force" and still very dedicated to the task at hand.
The perception that most of our military is nothing but lower income types who enlisted just for a job is premature and incorrect.
The officer corps is well educated and all volunteer just as the enlisted crew is.
As for a draft. We may need one someday.
