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?
2) Rumsfeld is not giving America the right size army. The SF officers I knew wanted to be part of the army, not let Rumsfeld divide it and destroy it.
3)Rumsfeld's "discussions" with CENTCOM were sick.
4)You should.
5)Wrong.(like Rumsfeld)
6)Wrong again.(maybe Rumsfeld is still in denial...like you)
7)Flying Top Secret aircraft to hostile counties is NOT an accident.
8)Shelton is not a loser ...BTW Shelton won in Afghanistan ...not Rumsfeld.