"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:45:52 -0600, "Bob Crantz"
said:

My understanding is that the troop reduction would have come out of very
specialized units and the operational cost was much, much greater than the
monetary savings.

I'm sure if the 5,000 men was of no consequence, the Marines would have
obeyed.

Dream on. In government nobody likes to see the size of his empire
reduced,
and regardless of the size the subject of the reduction will find any
excuse
to avoid it.

That contradicts Rumsfeld own words (testimony to Congress) regarding Marine
Troop strength:

http://www.house.gov/hasc/testimony/...ony2-16-05.pdf

Read his own words. Is Rumsfeld lying?

hmmmm?