[Eagle Eye]

We must preserve Rumsfeld's image ahead of the truth, right?

They tried to fight this war on the cheap and it will cost more to fix it than if they'd done it right the first time.

The first Battle of Fallujah (April '04) was a political neccesity and not out of military need, and ended up making us look weaker than when we started. But after the Blackwater guys were slaughtered, the administration felt the need to 'do something'.

And it didn't work out so well.

[Shimmer128]

I was not addressing the rightness or wrongness of their position, but addressing their speaking out against the administration of the United States.
I understand that they may have some post-retirement responsibility not to do that.
If I'm corrected, let it at least be on the topic to which I am referring.
:)

[mugs99]

They tried to fight this war on the cheap and it will cost more to fix it than if they'd done it right the first time.

That's exactly what Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army's chief of staff, says about this administration.
Army's Top Officer Signals Pentagon Budget Revolt

It looks like FEMA is in charge of this war.
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[stylin19a]

I'll bite...what does "done it right in the first place" entail ?