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"I think I'd be a Private if I did"
NEWSFLASH
Soldiers in the field, the people best qualified to assess the situation on the ground, are afraid of official retribution/punishment for expressing honest concerns based on factual experience on the ground.
"Accurate communication is possible only in a non-punishing situation!" I like to call it one of Celine's Laws, but the idea has been around longer than that.
Why Salon chose the more troops more targets quote as the headline is beyond me. This quote, on record from a named source cuts to the absolute heart of our problem in facing the realities of this war.