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"Interesting..."

I guess if nothing else, I'm useful for seeing how civilians react to this sort of thing, and how the message needs to be countered. I email w/ a COL friend in IRAQ who from time to time asks my perceptions from a "middle America" standpoint. He never tries to counter my views, but when he responds with "Interesting..." I generally do a complete re-evaluation of my position. Sometimes it changes, sometimes not.

I'm in complete agreement with you, the 38th parallel = Fulda Gap in my view. I just have a problem with using the old munitions the way the Israelis did last year. Bad PR. I guess I'm basically frustrated by how poorly we've been handling that part of the mission.

The bottom line is I didn't think through the realities of the situation. We'll be spending so much to refit our gear and spin up the new SBCTs that there realistically won't be the funds to replace the cluster munitions stockpiles.