The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.

It's unworthy of our nation. And nobody calls 'em on it. But we won't get a comprehensive plan to deal with Iraq or for that matter our global struggle with Islamist terrorists.

Ralph Peters (born 1952) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and author.