12 January 2007

Listening to Privates on the ground

President Bush said he would listen to the Generals on the ground. Maybe he did listen to them but then he disregarded what they said.

Perhaps it would be a wise idea if he were to give a shot to listening to the Privates and NCOs on the ground (reg. reqd.) in Iraq, after all they are the ones who actually do the work and will have to carry out his hare-brained schemes. To quote one of them, one Spec. Daniel Caldwell of Montesano, WA:

"The general feeling among us is we're not really doing anything here. We clear one neighborhood, then another one fires up. It's an ongoing battle. It never ends."

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