I have the greatest respect for our men and women in combat arms on the front lines. I have little enough for the rear echelon bureaucrats who are about the same as bureaucrats anywhere.
Trust? I presume you have been following the case of the prosecution of the Haditha marines? When the heavy thumb of political influence is placed upon the scales of military justice any result is possible. It is Rumsfeld's most disreputable act.
Would you please answer the questions in post 33.