What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public.

It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.

The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.