BLACKFIVE: Marine Jailed For Refusing to Testify Against Squad Leader
“Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn’t even be there, Eighty are just targets, Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” - Hericletus, circa 500 BC

Betsy’s Page
while Bush made mistakes is deferring to the commanders on the ground in the period from 2006-7 as violence spiraled out of control in Iraq, Bush made the right choice in his stubborn support of the surge despite all those who opposed the idea.

Betsy’s Page What if we hadn’t gone to war against Iraq?