Rumsfeld basically said between the lines, the military does a great job at whatever it is asked to do, but too many demands and too little support will stress the abilities of any one. This is what we inherited. He basically acknowledged the problems when he said it will take six to eight years to bring it up to where it needs to be.
IOW yeah, Clinton abused the military, but they soldier on as they always have.
regards
Heard some interesting comments from Rumsfeld last week. He mentioned that the Bosnia mission was to last one year......and then he went on to say that we MUST draw down our presence in areas that can be monitored by others. He made it clear that these open ended missions harm our readiness.