[Burkeman1]

To be fair- I suspect Bush did have a clue. He was warning that it wasn't going to be a cakewalk before this started. I just think the Pentagon should have been listened too and we bulked up to 4 to 5 hundred thousand troops. And I am not sure how much influence these neocon guys have over Bush- I hope not much.

[TheLion]

They needed to start this war with fewer people and then build up. There was no way to cover the logistical problems, otherwise....imo.