[jmc1969]

I really wish Rummy didn't have his moronic view that a small US Army using high tech is better then a big Army. The fact is Z-man knows we don't have the forces for three wars at the same time, but we could have if we increased the size of the Army after 2001.

Less is not more when it comes to US troops.

[edpc]

There is some advantage to having a lean force in certain instances. Naturally, an additional amount of forces would be needed for a conflict with another nation. In this case, I am assuming you are talking Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran when you speak of three wars. On the plus side, we're already at Iran's front and back door. That makes things a little easier from a logistics standpoint.

[sam_paine]

I really wish Rummy didn't have his moronic view that a small US Army using high tech is better then a big Army.

You toss around "moronic" as if your way is obviously correct and nobody could possibly agree with Rummy's results.

Lessee....

'Moron' Rummy -

• Captured Saddam
• Killed Zarqawi
• Held 3 elections
• Pacified the country such that Congressmen, Secy State, and Big Blue Air Force One can fly into Baghdad as desired by political choosers
• Oh yeah, beating the crap out of the Taliban each time they poke their heads up

'One Way' jmc1969 -

• More targets for IED's
• Less incentive for Iraqi Nat Guard to take the lead
• Other accomplishments?

[Dr. Frank fan]

If you want the size of the Army to increase, lobby your Congressman.

[Rokke]

"The fact is Z-man knows we don't have the forces for three wars at the same time, but we could have if we increased the size of the Army after 2001."

Rummy (and everyone in the military) knows that we never have. We've never really even had the forces to fight two wars simultaneously.

[SevenMinusOne]

The fact is Z-man knows we don't have the forces for three wars at the same time, but we could have if we increased the size of the Army after 2001.

I'll take quality over quantity any day of the week. Furthermore there are more Soldiers / Marines / Shooters today then there was in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.... We are not shrinking our fighting capabilities in the least.

It is amazing for people to suggest "what we can't do" - My God, we have only liberated over 50 million + people in less then 4 years - Removed two long established and brutal Gov't, decimated over 3/4 + of the leadership of the most serious terrorists organization in the world (not too mention having killed thousands and thousands of their foot soldiers).

The foolish and silly Monday morning quarterbacking of the most successful unconventional war in the history of man is just a joke -

SecDef Rumsfeld was dead on correct when he said "you go to war with the Army you have, not the one you'd like" - And since 2001 our Armed Forces have only become more effective and more capable. That the old Big Green has had some feathers ruffled in the process is a great thing.

[kenavi]

Rumsfeld is the last guy you should apply the "moronic" tag to.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"The fact is Z-man knows we don't have the forces for three wars at the same time"

I just read that again and I would like to say that Z-man knows absolutely nothing since he is deader than john kerry's presidential hopes.

Michael Frazier

[ChadGore]

The "Tyranny Of Distance" is very real, and Rummy was correct.

The number of Americans killed by the Iraq Army in the past 3 years combined is 0, nadda, zippo.

Say what you want about the insurgency, but Saddam's Iraq Army has been defeated.