Didn't some US General say before the Iraq war...

[Leme]

that we would need 100,000 more troops than we were sending and they would need to stay there 10 years?

[Swede Atlanta]

1. General Eric Shinseki...the one they forced out of the VA position

[Leme]

2. that's what I thought

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Yes and he was forced into early retirement because his assessment didn't match what we were

being told by Rumsfeld et al.

[morningfog]

3. He was right. But, we need to stay the hell away from there now.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The Secretary of Defense trumps all those namby pamby generals

You Go To War With The Army You Have---not The Army You Might Want Or Wish To Have At A Later Time. - Rumsfeld