The revolt against the generals.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Brief article

I am getting fed up with the generals and politicians who urge committing large numbers of new troops to Afghanistan. Generals don't get killed, neither do politicians. But thousands of soldiers have lost their lives and many thousands more have suffered terrible wounds in Iraq or Afghanistan. There is a fact that I have stated several times in this column to little effect, but when I state it to strangers they are astonished. That fact is this: most enlisted men had to serve a total of only one year in Vietnam, many officers only six months. Please share this fact with all your friends. I dream of seeing an uprising against all the generals and politicians who blithely offer more...