Actually the basis for the Wapo’s title appears no where in the article, but alas…Same old, same old.

“Open and serious debate versus ideological certitude will be a great relief to the military leaders,” said retired Maj. Gen. William L. Nash of the Council on Foreign Relations. Senior officers are aware that few in their ranks voiced misgivings over the Iraq war, but they counter that they were not encouraged to do so by the Bush White House or the Pentagon under Donald H. Rumsfeld.

“The joke was that when you leave a meeting, everybody is supposed to drink the Kool-Aid,” Nash said. “In the Bush administration, you had to drink the Kool-Aid before you got to go to the meeting.”

The Council of Foreign Relations is a liberal think tank, which has been around a while. A kind of “pinhead” organization of retired generals, other leaders.

In fact they quasi endorsed John Kerry for Prez in 2004 and have him speak at the council regularly.

Yet General Nash can only speak for himself, and frankly ought to know better. While no doubt a “few” officers balked at the initial phases of the Iraq campaign, the simple fact is that they are soldiers and soldiers are not to balk but obey.