> Dana wrote: > Exactly. It would be funny if it were not so sad. >
Well, strangely enough, I find myself defending Rummy a bit here; not the decisions he's made of course, but where his fault lies. In this case, I don't think Rummy is bad, but it's the system that he, the DOD, and the Administration create that's flawed. I haven't read Cobra II but I've heard that it details the first US serviceman killed in Iraq - he was killed by 2 young un-uniformed men riding in a beat up white Toyota pick up. That is, the insurgency. This is something that I think nobody in the DOD accurately understood nor predicted and that's been the root cause of every strategic mistake since. For example, the forces that went in to Iraq were sufficient to topple the government and rout the military - but not occupy the country. For whatever reason, it seems nobody considered the fact there could be insurgency and there seems have been no Plan B. That part you can blame on Rummy, but the fact that nobody anticipated the insurgency falls on his advisers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204363 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
