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It is the lessons of our technique and organization that will be impressing and influencing the world for generations.

I am impressed with how much stronger we are than everybody else, and agree that other country's are awed, but none of us knows how good the leadership was. The disparity between the countries' abilities could cover up a lot of bad decisions. I have no reason to think our leadership is not real good, but the Iraq war is not strong evidence.

Leadership at what level? It may be a long time until the field grade and especially company grade stories are told in a volume sufficient to estimate the overall competence of the officers. At the general staff levels, where the flaws would be more visible, it appears that the leadership was brilliant.

I'm sure that there was some mircomanaging from some areas. UAV's alone make it easy for higher ups to watch the battle and butt in (I've heard from Afghanistan this was an issue).

Anyway, the overall planning and execution at the higher levels appears to be outstanding. I will be curious to see some more of the stories of actual combat from maneuver units, as they start to come out, and see what overall picture they paint. Of course, its month's later and I still have only a vague idea of what really happened to the 507th Maintenance Company, much less anyone else.