I have been loathe to critique my Army brethren, but I have the impression that the leadership has suppressed some of the creative ideas that small unit commanders developed. In warfare you have to use a variety of tactics. You have to hit the enemy a hundred different ways and keep him confused. Patrolling the same roads daily in humvees waiting for the next IED seems a bit dangerous to me. I hope there is a lot going on in Iraq that never sees the light of media attention; I hope I'm wrong about the tactics. If we have been quietly killing 10X as many jihadis as the media reports I will be greatly relieved.