This is an important story, crippled by the fact that sources remain anonymous. But the reporter can not be blamed for the lack of courage of the joint chiefs and their staff. If the opposition is unanimous, Peter Pace as leader should resign in opposition. Worse, from a military point of view, purports to show that the staff is split on strategy, when anyone with a history book knows that the last two offensives came in the early months of Jan and Feb. In other words, beans and bullets should already be delivered, and soldiers rehearsing their planned maneuvers--rather than this pointless jockying for power when they are all collectively losing the war. The late Col. Hackworth despised the perfumed princes, and this too late, too public squabbling over strategy just confirms what everybody already knows--the initiative has been lost for a good while--and you really don't want to think about the amount of bloodshed required to regain it. The American public told Washington at election time what they thought about it, and they retired a lot of incumbents. A hard change is coming.