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September 17, 2004:

In the years since that war enemy generals have commented in detail re the performance of the American military against them. Some highlights which I remember:

• The soldiers are brave but incompetently led.
• They fight from fixed positions, which are easily bypassed or just as easily neutralized, as circumstances require.
• They're slow, carrying hundreds of pounds around on their backs, unable to maneuver.
• The American technological advantage, for instance in close air support, can be neutralized simply by staying close to them. They won't bomb their own troops.

Wayne's propaganda piece is like a catalog of all of these deficiencies, portrayed as strengths.

One reason we lose wars.