OK. So you dont agree with Abizaid, Casey and the field commanders or Iraqi Prime Minister Malaki when he said several months ago:
"The crisis is political, and the ones who can stop the cycle of aggravation and bloodletting of innocents are the politicians;"
As far as "regaining control" and "our operation/rules of engagement", do you think it was helpful for the DoD to post its new counterinsurgency plan on the web for the insurgents to see? (
article and
manual)
What possible strategic value could that have?