The generals said what Rummy wanted them to. Nothing more, nothing less. Who do you think they worked for ?
Won’t fly. I know too many military people who give honest opinions, not fluff. Besides, if you bother to read Tommy Franks’ book, you’ll see that these plans were on the books for years, and were constantly updated, but that they NEVER called for a massive force of 450,000. That was “old thinking” that we had to get away from. Rummy was exactly right.