Dead on right. There is recent military theory which has not been tested on the battlefield which is being used in this war, and the old timers are out of the loop. They are not used to our having such instant communications and are stuck with the fears of the past. Franks et al have tested this out in war gaming on the test battlefields with these very troops over the past decade, have looked at the results, and are applying what they have learned.
There is a certain risk of different problems arising, but, say - war is risky no matter what you do. The question is how to get it done the best way given what you know and even to dynamically change your tactics depending on the results.
As far as new call ups... why take someone away from their families (and incur the expense to them, their family, their business, the country) if you are just going to have them sit around in a waiting area. That's the old time way to do business... now all successful business tries to get inventory on hand when they need it, and insofar as practical, not before. This is the same concept.
The other question is, how do you get out of a jam once you're in it. Our answer to that is to have the means to blow the crap out of the bad guys when all else fails. (Sorta like the relief pitcher who saves his 200 mph fastball for when he's got the bases loaded, no outs, and 3-0 count.)
Exactly!