This is the main thing that bothers me about this war, I know its an insurgency, but that’s no reason to be completely on the defensive. We are losing most of our men to IED’s driving around on patrols for god knows why.
We should have gone into Sadr city along time ago, I know there are many alleys and its a horrible concrete jungle. But losses would still be on par with all roadside bombings, just like the fighting in Fallijua. Whenever we fight them like men, we kick asses and show the enemy how much better we truly are.
On the sadder side, its seems more noble to have our boys die FIGHTING the enemy rather then driving around, not to mention most gunshot wounds can be treated faster now then in previous wars, plus you can make a complete recovery. And we wouldn’t have so many wounded coming back without limbs and serious burns.
Just my two cents!