[jpsb]

"military strategists at the Pentagon and in the Administration did not adequately prepare"

No quite true, the were a few that saw the error before it happened (too few troops) and said as much, they were fired, so these days no active military of any rank will speak out.

[Naptowne]

You are 100% right. I should have noted that in my initial post. General Franks' book makes this point very clearly.