"Dave" wrote
"Much of the acrimony expressed by Secretary Rumsfeld's military critics
appears to stem from his efforts to 'transform' the military by moving to a
joint expeditionary force that is lighter and more mobile in the future to
meet the nation's current and future threats. ....


That's a crock

Vito wrote:
I'm disappointed if that is their only beef and I suspect that the above quote
is spin designed to turn attention away from the dual blunders of attacking
Saddam to begin with, instead of concentrating on the real threat, and then
sending too few resources to subdue the country once Saddam's forces were
beaten.


Of course it is.

I heard one of the generals on the radio the other day. He
gave quite a good summary of Rumsfeld's mismanagement of the
war in Iraq, and didn't mention anything at all about
downsizing, the Crusader artillery (you'd think George W.
would *love* this item, just on the name alone), or World War 2.

DSK