The old Army. The Army also wanted to use many more troops in Afghanistan. I was in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Storm and visited Kuwait a few days after the war was over. It took us six months to build up way more forces than we needed. It was beyond overwhelming. Today, we don't have the resources to mount anything similar. Franks was right and Shinseki was wrong. The biggest problem was not having Turkey give us permission for the 4thID to transit the country. If we had had a coordinated attack from the North and the South, we would have nipped the insurgency in the bud.
BUT like the Chairman of the JCS said you can question his judgment and I DO .... it's time that the President starts .... before it's too late.
And what is your alternative? Rumsfedl aside, what would you do differently in the conduct of the war beginning now?
This weekend Iran admitted again to being a terrorist state. We need to formally declare war on Iran and use the "Bull Simons" option to overthrow it's government. Simons was old Army.
China needs to be told it's NK or US. You lose your Most Favor Nation status effective immediately unless NK turns around NLT 4 July 2006.
Any nation that has become a state sponsor of terrorism needs to meet the same fate.
Bush talked and acted great from 9-11 to May 2003 ... he needs to go back to that Bush. Other countries need to be with US or against US.
A different question:
In conferences between military commanders and civilian authorities, is there any legal reason for either to expect confidentiality?