And he was right! Folks can dump on him for the beret but you can’t dump on him for looking out for his soldiers.
“And he was right! Folks can dump on him for the beret but you can’t dump on him for looking out for his soldiers.”
No he wasn’t right. The success of the surge had more to do with tactics than the 20,000 extra troops they put in. If those same tactics had been employed earlier the situation would not have gotten as bad.
Bull squat - and Shinseki deserved every insult thrown at him...
Shinseki was no warrior and thought warriors were made by their uniform and equipment.... He was wrong.
Rummy for all his faults - was right on the numbers, assuming the numbers were comprised of REAL WARRIORS, not pansies of Shinseki... Rummy tried to force Shinseki to focus more on small, swift, deadly tactical forces.... Shinski thought more on the order of large set pieces, large artillery and pretty uniforms.....
Shinseki was another perfumed General - and bringing him back into any military role is a mistake and insult.