Edelman is right.
And you can bet he speaks for a lot of people in the military who can't speak up.
I'll go even further. If al Qaeda and the insurgents were actually paying the Democratic Party hard cash, there is not one action the Democrats would be taking that would be any different.
Blow a gasket if you like, dump your usual histrionics on me if you like, but point out an actual counterexample first.
Now, try this on for size:
Who do you think leaked a private letter to Hillary to the AP?