Isn't it up to the generals in Iraq to be recommending changes to strategy. They're on the front lines after all.
I think both abizaid and casey, are doing a poor job.
the "generals" don't like Rumsfeld, they never have. Rummy wanted to transform the military - smaller, lighter forces. The establishment at the Pentagon wants the "big" military - big forces, big operations, and the big budget projects that go along with them.
what this memo highlights to me - is the lack of cohesiveness Bush faces within his own administration. there is no consensus plan to reach an endgame in iraq - DoD itself has different approaches, State has their own agenda and plans, the intel agencies are doing something else.