He's right .. but we are also in the middle of a war and many in the media will twist what he is talking about
Call my crazy .. but I've never heard of any war in history that's been stress free
A pre X-Mas announcement for the final 20k push through the Mahidis in Baghdad?
Of course war isn't stress free.
This stress is speaking of the forces being stretched and burdened in a military sense...having enough of everybody and everything to get all the jobs done. The troops themselves in Iraq seem eager to do their jobs, and many have volunteered to go back 3 and 4 times (not personally stressed).
As to war not being stress free in a military sense as this is meant, I think your comment surely applies there. I imagine it was real stressing on the forces in World War II.