So you disregard his service and expertise? Shame. Of course, there's a lot of people who will believe what they read instead of hearing it from people who have been on the ground. Look at the Iraq War - everything is gloom and doom there, right? After all, let's not believe what the guys on the ground tell us - what would they know?
What friggin' expertise?
If you want to get played for a sucker, that's your business - just don't pitch a bitch when not everybody else wants to get taken for a ride, m'kay?