[Yasotay]

1) 'We don't need more troops in Iraq.'

2) We don't need a larger Army.

3) Reviewing & Micro management of troop deployments to OIF that caused entire units to be delayed.

4) Firing Jay Garner.

5) Installing a CPA in Iraq.

6) Not believing that an insurgency was occurring in Iraq.

7) Not hammering the Navy after the P-3/China crisis.

8) Replacing a SF Chairman of the JCS with an AF general after Afghanistan.

There are many more ....

[operation clinton cleanup]

1) 'We don't need more troops in Iraq.'

We don't.

2) We don't need a larger Army.

We don't.

3) Reviewing & Micro management of troop deployments to OIF that caused entire units to be delayed.

I think that is his job. Not sure what units were delayed.

4) Firing Jay Garner.

What was the negative effect of that (and wouldn't that be the Presidents decision?)

5) Installing a CPA in Iraq.

As opposed to putting the UN in charge?

6) Not believing that an insurgency was occurring in Iraq.

Don't you read the papers, it's not an insurgency, it's "sectarian violence".

7) Not hammering the Navy after the P-3/China crisis.

I could agree with you on that. 9/11 derailed that investigation.

8) Replacing a SF Chairman of the JCS with an AF general after Afghanistan.

Was the chairman fired? or did he retire requiring a replacement be made?

[axes_of_weezles]

1. we need the right mix. Not all problems are fixed with Armored Cavalry and Field Artillery which takes 4 to 6 months to get in the AOR and extended support in the rear.
2. We need a right sized army for the missions and the tasks at hand. The Army refuses to change, heads roll. SF wins.
3. SecDefs and JCS perogative. I guess you have never heard of GCCS.
4. Who cares
5. State Dept was funded, DoD was not. He who has the money says how it goes.
6. BS.
7. Like the army never has accidents. How many persons were run over by trucks and tanks in convoys.
8. Shelton was a loser, along with Wussly Clark. If you screw up, you get replaced. I think we are still in Kosovo, arent we? What happened to the "We will be home by Christmas" quote from your bud Clintoon? That was how many years ago?