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He said this war won't be fought like Vietnam, where politicians, not military leaders, made strategic decisions for the boots on the ground. Unfortunately, Bush's promise has not held up too well. It seems at times as though the desire for "political correctness" has replaced winning, as our most important priority.

It's no secret that too many soldiers and commanders are worried about being blamed for another scandal like Abugraib; which would have never even been news back in the 40's, nor would anything coming out of Gitmo. But, that's how its going these days and the soldiers on the front line are forced to work under real close examination. One mistake and a career is over or it's prison time, great huh? We're running this combat area with all the rules of engagement you would expect to find in a courtroom, while the enemy has no rules. And every day embedded reporters are looking for that one mistake to get a headline, what taht does to moral or combat effectiveness is not their concern. But, who's watching the bad guys or complaining about what they do? Noboby.

This letter below only echoes what I have known for almost a year. I first heard similar complaints about too much "PC" from several Marines (we were stateside friends) who were in some real rough areas near Fallujah. I got an almost weekly update from them
for almost 3-4 months, until their replacements showed up. But, the main point here is, it doesn't seem to matter which branch or where they are in Iraq, everybody seems to be suffering from the same thing, too much PC in a war zone. That's not going to win us much, but it could cost us plenty.