For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, abandoning our allies to their fate at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. In 2007, Iraq's grave and deteriorating condition offers diminishing hope for an American victory and portends risk of an even wider and more destructive regional war.
These debacles are not ...
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In years to come, it is likely that historians will refer to this article in text and footnotes. Probably one of the most controversial commentaries since Billy Mitchell said said airplanes could sink battleships, the Colonel's views may get him in the same place as Gen. Mitchell -- at the defense table of a court martial. Serving officers do not attack the higher command levels of the military -- for any reason. Read between the lines, the article suggests that America is not just on the wrong path -- as a majority of Americans believe -- but that we are reading from the wrong map and the compass is sitting inches from an electromagnet that is "on."
