brokaw had broken in on the news and said, "there has been a surprise attack on allied forces at kafghi. u.s. and allied forces have held on. but thousand, thousands of young american boys are going to be sent back to delaware in body bags." america would have wanted schwarzkopf's head on a platter. and his personal courage aside, no question he is the glue that hold it together. it barely outweighs the horrendous mess that has been created on the battlefield and the implications of it. so, not good. >> okay. wiley? >> in connection with sherman and grant and johnston. and this, you know, indirectly relates to their generalship. but what -- you know, in terms of an imponderable, today we have a circumstance where sydney johnston was killed by a stray rifle ball, as far as we can determine. during an attack. that he participated in. yet grant, in riding across a field was fired at by confederate canon, artillery, a canister ball hit his, his, his saber and broke it in half. and what would have happened to grant if -- at that -- if that canister ball had been just an inch to the left or r