Senator Charles Schumer of New York oughta be in trouble. Quote: "The violence in Anbar has gone down despite the Surge, not because of the Surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from Al Qaeda said to these tribes: We have to fight Al Qaeda ourselves." — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Congressional Record, 9/5/07, p. S 11090.
I doubt our soldiers in Iraq think much of Senator Schumer's views of their abilities or inabilities. And most military analyses I've read suggest that Schumer is dead wrong.
