Absolutely devastating, from "Time". America's Broken-Down Army
This is really Bush's Army, Bush's priorities, and reflects Bush's regard for US fighting forces. Demanding, not earning respect, he expects it to flow one way, upward.
"Instead, Zeimer and about 140 other members of the 4,000-strong brigade got a cut-rate, 10-day course on weapon use, first aid and Iraqi culture. That's the same length as the course that teaches soldiers assigned to generals' household staffs the finer points of table service."
As Tony Snow said, they can get their training "like in Iraq".
The greatest military power the world has ever seen, broken, fighting in a third-world country with 25 million people and a whole lot of sand. For longer than WWII. Some CinC, huh!!!
Arf