In early August, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged at a news conference in Pentagon that the US military has reported a shortage of equipment and a declining capacity of combat readiness after a prolonged war engagement. Recently, some US military personnel and members of the Congress have voiced their dissatisfaction with the heavy losses of the war. US Army Chief of Staff Peter J. Schoomaker said the present depletion rate of the army's equipment is four times more as originally envisaged. The military was obliged to "broaden sources of income and reduce expenditure". One the one hand, they've actively...