Let alone forgetting the recent (< 6 mo) stories of finding WMDs+ buried in no-man’s land?
Tell a lie often enough
Not that I think we should have gone in there to begin (Saudi on 9/11, not Iraqi); let alone ham-stringing our guys with asinine ROE. You go in, you go in to WIN, not ‘win minds’/nation build/etc.
I'd like to join Commander Riker in applauding your most excellent post: