Who should you turn to for advice on military operations?

Wake Up America:

The Congress is supposed to have appropriated 1.3 million dollars for the Iraq Study Groups recommendations. Congress definitely got robbed. There was some decent analysis, the problem is the analysis portion of the report consists of the same things our military has been saying. The military recommendations on the other hand, have absolutely NO basis in reality.

The recommendations as noted in the questions that followed the press conference, were made by a panel of people that visited Iraq a total of one time and never left the green zone. Ms. Underestimated notes this exchange also:

Then another reporter got up and asked why the President should listen to a group of folks like them, most of whom who have only been to Iraq once, instead of the generals on the ground? The answer they give will confuse you as it did me. Lots of grandstanding, chest-puffing, and what the hell was that goofy grin on Baker when he was up there? Does he miss the spotlight? Was he enjoying the attention? Was he on ecstasy?

They tried, I will give them that, but once again, you do not bring a group of civilians into a military operation and expect them to be taken seriously on operational advice.

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There is more. As this post points out the ISG team was pretty spooked by its trip to a combat zone. So we had a group of mostly amateurs experiencing their first time in a combat zone deciding that the situation is "grave and deteriorating." The fact is that their conclusions lack perspective. If you want some perspective on a grave military situation read the link in this paragraph and see how some very brave men determined not to use the word.