To: i-node who wrote (166389 ) 3/31/2003 6:56:41 PM From: tejek Read Replies (3) | Respond to Whole battalions were short of food and water. It seems to me if you want your army to fight you micromanage the food and water to make sure they have enough of both The military is much too large for anyone to micromangage it. Rumsfeld has to be able to delegate tens, maybe hundreds, of levels down an organization chart. I suspect no significant ground war has ever been conducted where minor materiel shortages weren't a problem at times. However, I've heard nothing about shortages in the last several days; I can envision that shortages might have been a problem during the sand storm, which is totally understandable. Basically, I think your argument sucks. As of this today, I haven't heard any military person refer to the current war plan as anything other than brilliant.
