Neocons never seem to learn. Even after the Somalia disaster and the dubious win against Serbia, their first recommended response to 9/11 was to attack Iraq. Public opinion required them to delay things for a while–in spite of a vigorous debate–but after a short and ineffectual campaign in Afghanistan, they finally go their wish. We’re [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rumsfeld’
The “Leadership” We Don’t Need
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged afghanistan, Egypt, foreign policy, Iraq, Krauthammer, Libya, Neocons, Neoconservatives, rumsfeld on 3 Mar 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Deepest Cut
Posted in Military, obama, Pentagon, Politics, tagged Budget, cold war, debt, deficit, democrats, DoD, F-22, Osprey, Pelosi, Reagan, rumsfeld, Stimulus on 3 Mar 2009 | 5 Comments »
I would not be so offended if Obama or any other politician said: we’ve spent too much money on too many things for too long; we must economize, and the Defense Department too must learn to be more efficient with public funds. But Obama, instead, has said we must spend far and wide on everything [...]
General Sanchez, Loser
Posted in iraq war, Ricardo Sanchez, tagged , Bush, counterinsurgency, Generals, Insurgency, Iraq, rumsfeld, Sanchez, tactics on 15 Oct 2007 | 3 Comments »
I think it’s remarakable that General Ricardo Sanchez, former Corps Commander of all coalition assets in Iraq, is now pointing the finger at everyone–including Rumsfeld, Bremer, Casey, Bush, etc.–when he was so singularly incapable of getting the mission accomplished in Iraq. He failed to keep control when the daily numbers of IED and other attacks [...]
Rusmfeld: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Posted in counterinsurgency, Iraq, Military, rumsfeld, tagged Abrams, afghanistan, air force, algeria, army, CAP Platoon, cold war, counterinsurgency, democracy, elections, Iraq, manpower, marines, Military, navy, Petraeus, recruitment, retention, rumsfeld, Sanchez, soviet union, strategy, surge, tactics, transformation, Vietnam, Westmoreland on 28 Sep 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the wake of the Cold War, the US military was cut dramatically. We went from a 750,000 man Army to one of about 475,000 today. The Navy and Air Force undertook similar cuts. We went from spending about 5.5% of GDP on the military to 3%. One consequence has been that the “all volunteer [...]
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