[extropy-chat] IRAQ: Weapons pipeline to Syria

[Rik van Riel]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, RobKPO wrote:

> How about accuracy, empathy, and awareness that the public will not be
> told everything regarding strategic decision making.

Some interesting facts were presented in a PBS documentary
a few days ago, though.

For example, the army's battle plan for Iraq calls for over
400,000 soldiers, with the understanding that it is harder
to make peace than it is to make war.

In the run-up to the Iraq war, Rumsfeld sat down with the
army and started cutting the number of deployed troops, at
times down to individual units.   "You don't really need 3
brigades here, you'll get 2."

Meanwhile, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz testify in congress that
"it is ridiculous that making peace could require more troops
than making war".

We can all see the end results of these leadership decisions.

Rik
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