Thursday, November 18, 2004

Losing the Battle for Hearts & Minds

This Christian Science Monitor article says:
"In the heat of the moment Saturday, a young marine did severe damage to the image of a precise and clean assault that the US had hoped to project from Fallujah....The notion that armies are only as good as their least disciplined soldier in the media glare of modern warfare has become almost a matter of doctrine, given the need for enlisted men to think quickly in stressful situations."