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Originally posted by m21sniper
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Iraq was/is a total disaster in many ways, but some of the charges leveled by the left(or fluff job asssessments made by the right), are pure nonsense.
TPFDL, Shinseki, Abizaid, Clark, and McCaffrey(a former CO of mine BTW) all said we needed at least 385k troops(some said as many as 500k).
One does not need to be a general to understand the words coming out of the mouths of several people who WERE generals, and who have gone out of their way to publically SKEWER Rumnamara and Franks.
The warplan was undeniably optimistic, it definitely neglected the all-important "post kinetic ops"(as franks would put it), and it DEFINITELY utilized a force that was at best 1/2 the size as was required to do the job right.
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So in the end, when we lose and come running home like beaten dogs, no one should be surprised at all. Quite frankly, we're asking for what's coming due to our own collective stupidity.
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yet when i say that, i get told i'm wrong cause i don't know jack about things since i never was in the military...
doesn't matter that i can read books too
or was raised amidst the cemetary's and memorials of WW1, excellent way to learn what war is ,and what it does to men, women and children...