You probably won't expect me to symphatize with that American giving the 'pep talk' but I kinda do. That's just how the leaders speak in the military. It isn't always courteous but that's not the point. To me he doesn't sound angry as much as desperate, the Americans are really getting desperate there.
To label the Iraqis "lazy", "undiciplined", etc. is a bit off the line though. They are what you train them to be. Some turn out to be insurgents? Then they don't have enough reason to abandon the insurgent cause. You have to give them that incentive and you have a new friend. And to tell them to run off into a fire fight with the insurgents? Whoa there Lash La Rue, how about some planning first?
Although I don't think that much can be done differently in Iraq anymore, too much has already gone wrong there, too many bridges not only burned but blown to smithereens. Now it's just about the "era of consequences" as Churchill said. The Americans are pulling off the streets and leaving behind a big pile of bodies and a country in turmoil.
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