I believe if the military were left to function without the constant hand tying gesticulations put upon them by politicians the outcome of Viet Nam and the ultimate outcome in Iraq would be far different than what the history books show and will show.

Anyone who thinks the militarys hands are NOT tied by politicians is seriously deluded. Left to their own equipments constraints and tactics I feel sure our military is nearly unstoppable, but ..... never will this be true so long as its operations are mandated by politicians agendas from 1/2 a world away.

Perhaps a viable solution would be for our congress to be convened in Iraq. I bet if the tables were turned and these same lame assed politicians asses were on the line from their decisions they would indeed have a different perspective about how battles should be fought. Odds are they would set a record in just how long such assaults would take too