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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:17:58 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Do you deny that they are controlled by politicians? If we are in
Afghanistan
another ten years, it will be because Presidents wanted us there.
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With all du respect, you won't find many generals who will say "we
can't win" no matter how hopeless the mission is and they have no
authority to question the objective of the mission.

Seems to me that they would give honest opinions if asked.


Generals do not get their stars by saying "That's too hard", they get
them by saying "Can do sir"

In any case, they've already gotten their "stars." So, when asked for a
military opinion, it seems to me they've earned the right to be honest.