I work with Iraqi vets and get consistent feedback that the military in Iraq is not well organized and is routinely putting soldiers in harms way without any clear benefits to be gained. Despite the amount of time that troops have been over there, the military either still lacks a clear strategy, is incompetent to carry it out, or has a losing strategy.
Also, people underestimate how demoralizing it is to see your buddies killed day in and day out. Troop morale can not be maintained if events continue on this course.
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Tobias: You know, Lindsay, as a therapist, I have advised a number of couples to explore an open relationship where the couple remains emotionally committed, but free to explore extra-marital encounters.
Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people?
Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but...but it might work for us.
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