Viewed from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment, the political debate in Washington is indeed surreal. Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population. Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero
These authors are Staff Sergeants, professional soldiers who have earned the right to lead. We should all listen carefully to what they are trying, very delicately to tell us. Professional soldiers without stars do not normally write op-eds while active. It is rare for an enlisted soldier to risk it all to help those back home understand the true battle. The thought that one of these guys is now struggling to survive, simply and poignantly adds a sad exclamation.
