[Yasotay]

Maybe you forgot that Rumsfeld said we would be welcomed as "liberators".... there are many things that Rumsfeld has got wrong. The Army also knows how to fight much better then you know and the Marine model is the wrong model.

[ConservativeNewsNetwork]

We were welcomed as liberators.

Rummy got the war right. Where he's screwed the pooch is with the peace.

BTW, the only people that are seriously talking about a new draft and putting forth legislation are democrats trying to make people think that voting for Bush or fighting islamofascism will mean sending their kids to die by the hundred thousand. I can't believe that anyone would honestly think a conscript army would be useful in the WoT. We're going to win this thing with selective attacks, special forces, counter-intelligence, diplomacy, and financial warfare, not by conquering every muslim nation and building concentration camps, much as the thought appeals to some people. Iraq is a job that's been left unfinished ever since the first war but there's no need to occupy Syria, Iran, SA, etc.

[Pukin Dog]

We were welcomed as liberators. Ask someone who was actually there, instead of believing the media. I dare say, were the Marines and Army to be at war against each other, the Marines would destroy them, regardless of the considerable size disadvantage. The Marine model is THE model of a modern fighting force and if you don't know that, you should really not be commenting on this subject.

[The Coopster]

.... and the Marine model is the wrong model.

What's your reasoning behind this statement? Because you were Army? Interservice rivalries are normal, but counterproductive. With all due respect, this sounds like just that. Or maybe jealousy.....(kidding).

the MAGTF has been widely hailed as a much more effective/efficient method of warfighting.