Since I am not in the decision making circle of those who are deciding what the needs are in Iraq at any given point in time, I cannot speak to whether they have miscalculated during any point in the war. It is easy to sit here where we are comfortable and critizise what has gone on over there. I would hope that people in the states would consider that the media and the Ill-Liberal politicians have done their abject best to vilify the President and this war from the very beginning. Our Military has had a difficult time in recruitment as a result of the constant battering in the media on a daily basis from shortly after 9/11/01 to today. If this were the case during WWI or WWII we would have lost both. I agree that the battlefield requires constantly changing tactics. And, from what I hear from those over there, this is what is constantly happening. One of the biggest problems we face is that the enemy hears and sees all the negative media on the war and they believe that they can continue until we "give up". We are fighting an ideology rather than a nation state. In the minds of the enemies we face, they do not care how long this takes for their victory when they believe we will CUT-AND-RUN from Iraq. If we were completely united without all of this partisan bickering from the Ill-Liberals (who hate this President and want go regain power) the enemies wouldn't have such faith that we will eventually quit. Yes, I know there have been Republicans who have also "bitched" about this war. many of these are facing very tough re-election and want to appear to be above the debate. The others are Rhino's.
Change is needed. The first and most important is an end to the bullsh*t comments flying around here in the states.