I agree, but we must consider the source, an LA Times reporter with an axe to grind who has rounded up a couple of disgruntled soldiers. I happen to be familiar with their training program, and can say that if it is properly executed, they will be ready. I do suspect that something may be amiss here and will hazard a guess that its almost certainly a leadership problem, at the company or battalion level.
Gotta go eat Turkey, later.
I think that the lives of our soldiers is too important to just poo-poo this. I think it needs to be investigated by someone. If it's exaggerated or false, then no harm done. But if any of it is true at all, then someone's head needs to roll. We've lost far too many good men and women in this war already. It's the duty of the administration and the Pentagon to ensure that nobody is sent there without the tools and training that they need to do the job properly, with the highest probability of returning home safely.