> tBone wrote: > Combination of things. > Not related to anything in particular but wasn't Rummy's top directive pre-Iraq to pull down and restructure the military? For example, to realign forces from a Cold War structure to a 21st century structure? And as part of that weren't his orders to cut spending by some large amount?
Certainly if you're a soldier it's much more fun to work in a growing organization than a shrinking one (I've worked at shrinking companies) and it's probably more exciting to have a war to fight. I hate to put it that way but that's what soldiers train for so I'm only assuming that being able to actually use their skills is more fun that not. (of course the reality might suck). The point is, the military is just like any other piece of government and should be reviewed: 1.) What's the need? <- define "need" 2.) What's the current-state capability assessment vs. need-state 3.) What's the gap? Then you shrink or grow based on the gap analysis. That what Rummy was in the process of doing before 9/11 came along. I think that effort should be undertaken and the American public should get transparency into the definition of "need". From there it is what it is. I'm sure IRS agents don't like a shrinking IRS either, is my point. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278699 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
