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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: KLP who wrote (27472)4/5/2008 4:52:07 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) of 71588
 
Re: "So, you would NOT have paid attention to the Generals in the field, right? If you didn't do that, how would you know as POTUS, how many you would need?"

That's easy!

Pre-war the Pentagon called for a much LARGER troop commitment then Rummie wanted.

(Not for the invasion so much - they came to agree in the end with most of his arguments for 'light and swift' to actually topple Saddam's forces... but, for the OCCUPATION. They very *clearly* expressed their professional opinions about the need for a much larger force of boots on the ground to hold and occupy this foreign nation of some 30 million people.)

So, RMF would have been *paying attention* to the Generals... (not the other way around. :-)
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