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To: John Carragher who wrote (87079)	3/27/2003 7:03:07 PM
From: Steeny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

John, It is not the journalists criticizing the war plans. IT'S OUR TOP DECORATED VETERANS! Top current & former Generals, including Colin Powell, wanted 2X the # of troops & heavy weaponry than we brought into Iraq. This was told to Rumsfeld long before the war started. Rumsfeld wanted a lighter force. Rumsfeld did not expect the resistance we are seeing in the south-BASRA!! BASRA was supposed to be a cake walk. RUMSFELD HAS NO COMBAT EXPERIENCE BTW. YET, HE FORGED THESE WAR PLANS!! Check out this article. Rumsfeld thought this would be slightly harder than Afghanistan: washingtonpost.com In addition, The FT is quoting British military personnel who say the US greatly underestimated the resistance we would see: search.ft.com. Rumsfeld read this one wrong. The patriotic thing to do is criticize these plans so that we can save Americans in the future.