Jarhead.
That was NEVER EVER done in the history of this country.
Pretty shocked by your retort to this.
I put in a nutshell why the Iraqi invasion was a blooming failure.
And not one point was addressed.
Sorry Bro...but you are not a military officer of any kind. You are not qualified to determine whether a military operation is a failure or not......nor is Brian Williams, Jay Leno, Keith Olbermann or Sean hannity.
And nor am I.
But I know one thing for sure. Military operations are not black and white. They tend to be pr-active at the onset and sometimes are forced to be re-active.
Well...in this case, we were pro-active and then realized we were dealing with a unique situation. The enemy was willing to capitalize on the fact that we are humane and they opted to use children as human sheilds.
So we needed to be re-active and change our strategy.
But then we had a second enemy come into play. The opposing party to the president who kept on questioning the moves of our military...yeah....like Hillary Clinton knew more about what the military should do over a 4 star general...
And then the next enemy....24-7 of cable news....taking claim that THEY knew better than the 4 star general.
So you see Sallow....whereas I am not questioning the Wisdom of our current CiC and the decisions he makes based on the advice of his ground commanders....I didnt do the same with Bush.
I am not qualified to do so.
And neither was Reid.
And neither are you.