Why We Cannot Win

[The Duke]

This man stands more or less alone among the oppinions I have heard from most Iraqi vets.

That invalidates his opinions?

FBs purpose was to undermine the war by claiming that troops are not for it, so pointing out that there is anecdotal evidence to the contrary does indeed refute that general thrust.

[The Duke]

I didn't say you were a partisan or anything.  All I said was that you picked this article by this aperson for the simple reason that his status as a soldier presumably gives him a kind of additional authority on the subject that a Washington based columnist would not be able to claim.

[The Duke]

So why is every part of the country 100% peaceful except for, like, two precincts?

3 of 15 provinces are in chaos.

Imagine the equivalent here, which would be 10 to 11 states unable to hold elections and controlled by Al Qaeda backed insurgents, and that those provinces included part of the capital city, its most populous city, and the rest of the country's traditional economic and political centers.

Imagine the Blue is peaceful and the Red is violent.