PAUL RIECKHOFF

I am a combat leader. As such I am responsible for everything that is done in my unit. I just wish that our civilian leaders would accept the same kind of responsibility.

When you send men and women off to war, you were engaging them in politics. ;, .d. politics;, .d. war;, .d. military;, When you send men and women off to war, you were engaging them in politics.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

Right now you have 19 year olds in Baghdad interpreting U. S. foreign policy—in Arabic. They were not trained for this…. Everything that they do over there can turn into an international incident.

What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues, and most of all the political issues, because the political failure in Iraq right now is almost worse than the military failure. And the two are intertwined.

I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.

I am a combat leader. As such I am responsible for everything that is done in my unit. I just wish that our civilian leaders would accept the same kind of responsibility.

When you send men and women off to war, you were engaging them in politics. ;, .d. politics;, .d. war;, .d. military;, When you send men and women off to war, you were engaging them in politics.

Right now you have 19 year olds in Baghdad interpreting U. S. foreign policy—in Arabic. They were not trained for this…. Everything that they do over there can turn into an international incident.

I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues, and most of all the political issues, because the political failure in Iraq right now is almost worse than the military failure. And the two are intertwined.