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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (386633)	4/6/2003 6:41:05 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

<<So why did bush campaign to build up our conventional forces when the man he wanted as defense secretary didn't agree?>> I don't see what you mean. Bush wanted a build up but not of more people to be turned into hamburger on the battle field. The Powell doctrine of Gulf War 1 was to have so many troops to overwhelm the battle field. Bush has let Rumsfield run the war and Rumsfeld has done a daym fine job of it. More special forces that kept the bridges and oil fields safe. Gen 2 missiles and bombs that are very accurate. Gulf War 1 took 750,000 troops, Gulf War 2 had 80,000 pairs of boots on the ground. Afghanistan, 8,000 troops. Technology wins wars now and that is what Bush has built up.