September's assessment put too much focus on Gen. Petraeus, say officials concerned about the war's effect on public support.
Defense officials believe his testimony succeeded in muting a congressional debate and in giving them breathing room for their counter-insurgency strategy, but at a potentially high cost. In addition to the burden on Petraeus, some officials believe, an incessant spotlight on one general risks politicizing the military and undermining the public's faith that military leaders will give honest assessments of the war's progress.
If Our Courageous Military's Day-In Day-Out Service & Sacrifices Will Make America Safer
1-2-3 What are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn. The next stop is Vietnam.
5-6-7 Open up the pearly gates.
It ain’t no time to wonder why. Yippee! We’re all going to die.
-- Country Joe and the Fish
Country Joe McDonald - Woodstock 1969
Us 'Nam Vets and the present, so called, War On Terror Veterans are now Locked at the Hips as Brothers and Sisters of this country's power elites grasp once again for 'Empire Building', Supreme World Dominance!
This Apathedic Society, we live in, cannot be allowed, once again to Forget the Real Lessons of the Destructive Folly of the Arrogant!
This Country, as a whole, said "We should never Forget the lessons of Vietnam!", they never even tried to understand them, and that includes the Military Complex, as we've seen!
The real lessons must be learned and not forgotten, and those lessons are not the Military lessons of engagement.
