[Timber Rattler]

Can't be posted enough...it's apparent that DoD has been making the same stupid mistakes in fighting the Taliban that it made during Vietnam while fighting the VC.

And this (former) commander of the Stryker Brigade should know. Hence, his letter to the Secretary of the Army, which was supposedly sent under an "open door" policy but yet he was attacked and punished because of it.

[Future Snake Eater]

Hence, his letter to the Secretary of the Army, which was supposedly sent under an "open door" policy but yet he was attacked and punished because of it.

No, he wasn't. You saying this shows how untrustworthy a source the article is.