Leon Panetta doesn't "get" it

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta just doesn't "get" it. This morning's paper says he apologizes for the recently-revealed military photo scandal.

I wonder if he has thought about what it was that provoked soldiers to set up and take those photos. "Foolish decisions", he calls them. "Young troops", he says.

He needs to spend a week visiting OUR own troops in military hospitals. Up, close and personal. Oh, and take his family. Take his grandkids.

How long has the U.S. been in that war in Afghanistan and Iraq? Ten years? The U.S. Government doesn't even understand what kind of war we are in. The terrorists have been around for 1,000 years. They don't care about how long it takes to win or how many suicide bombers or jihadis die. When they think they are going to their rewards with all those virgins waiting for them? How do you fight that?

Not the way we are. Was it Bush with the stupid idea that we could impose democracy? On how many points will Obama's plans fail? Will that war bankrupt the USA, financially and morally? I hadn't visited www.costofwar.com for quite a while.

Maybe every American should make that page his homepage. Look at those numbers. Watch the page for one minute. I dare you.