Commentary:

For want of a nail...

...the war was lost?

I don't want to minimize the crime committed here, but the headline from Foxnews.com seems to reek of hyperbole:

Witness: Akbar Attack Compromised Iraq War
Monday, April 25, 2005

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A sergeant's attack on his own colleagues in the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait sidelined key personnel the unit needed for its assignment in the invasion of Iraq, a commander testified Monday.

"Everybody knew this would be a big fight," Col. Ben Hodges testified Monday at a sentencing hearing for Sgt. Hasan Akbar, convicted in a grenade and rifle attack that killed two soldiers and wounded 14. "I never dreamed my first casualties would occur inside Camp Pennsylvania and they would be caused by one of my own soldiers."

This one "key personnel unit" was required to prevent a "compromise of the Iraq War"?

Eggs, solitary basket, bad idea...

Connect the dots.

I cannot believe that this one unit was required to properly conduct the Iraq War.

If we can't respond to this type of event, how can we expect to respond to the actions of the enemy?

Hyperbole, or a weakness in how we wage war?

You pays your money and you takes your pick.

So tell me, which is it?