"...war against the insurgents is a 360 degree war, no one is safe "from IED's.
Exactly.
The Dinosour media, most Americans and politicians still choose to believe that there is some sort of trench warfare, front line vs rear area warfare in today's world-wide conflicts.
I think that beginning with the Vietnam War there was no such thing as front or rear areas. The TET offensive showed that country-wide enemey attacks on our military where going to be the rule from then on, leaving no bases secure.
Yes, it's unfortunate that today's media still fails to recognize the changing face of warfare, and the concept of how success is measured. They still cling to the Vietnam "body count" exercise as the only measure they understand. But today's liberal media only counts one side in the body count exercise.