No,he's not,and neither is anyone else in his inner-circle. Not a one of them has spent a day as a soldier,or ever been in combat. The Colonel has,and even more importantly so have people like General Norman Swartzkopf,who is also oppossed to the upcoming war with Iraq for the same stated reasons. Ali Bubba-2 is going to war with Iraq DESPITE the opposition of the majority of the senior leadership of the US military that has combat experience. And I'm not the one who said that,Swartzkopf was.