thanks, but that had nothing to do with why i asked that question of Ray, i'll wait for his replyMost every single official in charge of formulating a response policy wise and other had no combat experience and many of them ran away from duty when called. Combat experience might not have been needed (it wasn't in my opinion) to deal adequately with 911, but couple that with the cocky spirit and insecurities of the Bush/Cheney WH and their management style and you get what we got. Bad fukin' policy all around, from going after career intel and CIA assets who had credible opinions, to Bremer, to GITMO, to Abu G.....