rumsfeld has made some critical errors, especially when it comes to troops on the ground. Our soldiers and marines are bearing the brunt of this war, yet rumsfeld decides to approve expanding our air farce and giving them expensive projects and fighter planes. We are already way ahead of our rivals (china and russia) in fighter technology. lets stay focused on the war on the ground, that is where we will make our money. I have heard complaints from ground commanders the funding, money, and resources just are not there.
It has been my understanding that the troop placement has been made based on requests from the Generals, and that they have gotten all the troops for which they've asked.
The Generals interviewed at the time about the supposed troop shortage said that they didn't need any more soldiers there; they'd just become 'targets'.
Believe me, if you were in "Air Farce" (Captain USAFR (retired) here), or the Navy, you'd be hearing the same thing. And there would be some truth to the matter. I work for a division of a non profit company (but we aren't' subsidized either) that designs and builds training systems , historically almost exclusively for the military. There is no new business to be found right now, all the O&M dollars and much of the R&D money as well is going to support the war, there is no money for new capabilities, except for a few big ticket items, but even many of those have been chopped.
Rummy has done a good job in some areas, but in others he seems to think it's the late 70s again, with a Dim Congress, rather than the RINO one he's got.