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Ned
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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999
time: 21:33
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Originally posted by shawnmmcc
Ned, your missing my point. Rumsfeld has not won two conflicts. In both conflicts after the major field operations against organized forces were won, we did not have sufficient occupation forces - MP's, civilian liason, rebuilding, etc. to win the peace. We do not have the forces to make sure that western style individual rights democracy will occur in either country. In fact, it looks extremely likely in both cases that Sharia will be ensconced in law, and since in both countries you have groups with definitive differences in what exactly constitutes "kosher" Sharia (I just couldn't resist) the outlook for these so-called democracies loore like Cromwell's England.
In fact, and this goes back to the 80's, and both Mssrs. Gore and Gingritch buy into this one as well as Clinton and the Republican leadership, our contracting out suppport services has made life miserable for our GI's in Iraq, and made rebuilding a much larger mess than Germany or Japan. It seems that the employees of civilian contractors don't like to get shot at (low wage, no life insurance, low or no benefits, well duh), so the work is being done on a piecemeal basis, and often not being done nearly as fast as the older army support services did. It's why we've had soldiers in Iraq without running water or showers for almost a year, and substandard food. Remember, you get what you pay for.
Ned, did you go through the slide show? Go through that link. We can start a thread on the reoganization, instead of half-hijacking this one.  Of course the entire issue of Iraq, Bush, terrorism, Rumsfeld et al is complex, and is interconnected, which is why we keep returning to all these interrelated issues. |
No, I could not access the link.
Shawn, it seems that your criticism of Rumsfeld is centered on the lack of size of US forces. We seem to have a adequate force to win wars but not too carryout subsequent operations without tying down too much of our combat power. We also seem to want to preserve all available troops for combat operations by contracting out other services that once we performed by the Army.
The question then is, how did we get to this size of an army? Was the Rumsfeld or was it -- Clinton?
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