U.S. strategy in Iraq

In a nearly unprecedented move, to replace Shinseki, Rumsfeld recalled to active duty a retired general who was more likely to accept his theory that we could win a war in Iraq and establish a stable government with a small number of troops. The Defense Department has fought the war on the cheap bec...

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Published in:Military Review 2007-03, Vol.87 (2), p.105
Main Author: Zais, Mitchell M
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Appointments & personnel changes
Armed forces
Military aircraft
Military aspects
Military personnel
Military strategy
Motivation
Terrorism
World War II
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Summary:In a nearly unprecedented move, to replace Shinseki, Rumsfeld recalled to active duty a retired general who was more likely to accept his theory that we could win a war in Iraq and establish a stable government with a small number of troops. The Defense Department has fought the war on the cheap because, despite overwhelming evidence that the Army and Marine Corps need a significant increase in their size in order to accomplish their assigned missions, the civilian officials who run the Pentagon have refused to request authorization from Congress to do so. But, if we continue to fight the war on the cheap, if we continue to avoid involving the American people by asking them to make any sacrifice at all, if we continue to spend our dollars on technology while neglecting the Soldiers and Marines on the ground, and if we fail to involve the full scope of the American Government in rebuilding Iraq, then we might as well quit, and come home.
ISSN:0026-4148
1943-1147