DON'T LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK

Iraqnow is afraid that as much respect as he has for Col. David Hackworth, that he might have reached for the explanation that is most sensational without adequate confirmation. He does have a tendency, I think, because he so aggressively takes the grunt's side, wants to defend them against the bureaucracy, and remembers how that didn't happen in Vietnam, to jump to conclusions sometimes. Best solution: to ask for answers to the questions Jason poses.