I live with an amature military historian (and peacetime veteran). His take on the current Iraq situation:
'Look at the breakdowns from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam from any armed force and, on average, of 10 casualties (KIA or WIA), 7 will be enlisted, 2 will be NCOs, and 1 will be an officer. In Iraq, of 10 casualties, 10 are enlisted and between age 18 and 21. They're sending the children out to die.'
He's predicting the revival of fragging very shortly. He's also (putting aside the question of whether it should have been fought in the first place) at a complete loss to understand how the war could have been conducted so incompetently. I try to explain that the administration believed its own propaganda (and more frighteningly, it apparently still does).