Dang it! The Iraqi snowdrifts will kick our butts come July!
Seriously - all this c$^p about not being able to fight in the summer is stupid. Anyone ever heard of NTC at Ft Irwin (think very close to Death Valley). We practice there in hot weather regularly. Does it suck? Yes. Would it suck worse to be an Iraqi fighting then? Damn right!
Some folks need to figure out - the US military isn't a Spring/Fall seasonal unit. Maybe the Euro-weenies' have militaries that don't practice for combat except when it is 75 & Sunny, but the US military can do the job 12 months a year.