[Yasotay]

You are correct, Bush should have asked for more and while Rumsfeld is a hard charging genius he is still wrong. If Rumsfeld is talking so much about Special Operations why did he replace the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (Shelton) with a fighter pilot .... another Rumsfeld mistake ..... we can also talk about why Bremer reports directly to Rumsfeld ..... to really win this war I believe your number of 25 divisions is what is really needed (with the added airlift of C-17s & C-5s .... and AC-130s)

[Jim Noble]

..... to really win this war I believe your number of 25 divisions is what is really needed (with the added airlift of C-17s & C-5s .... and AC-130s)

I think to win, using the conventional definition, means a heavy occupation of Arabia and Pakistan for 30-50 years, coupled with the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Free Persia would, IMO, be a valuable and necessary ally, along with India.

My 25 divisions would just have been a down payment.

[Pukin Dog]

to really win this war I believe your number of 25 divisions is what is really needed (with the added airlift of C-17s & C-5s .... and AC-130s)

Respectfully, excepting the AC-130's which are already there; that comment is nuts. 25 divisions? To do what? Get shot, that is what. C-5s are just great at SAM evasion too. Come on. This is not symmetrical warfare. Bombardment tactics are ridiculous in this theater. If anything more is needed in Iraq, it is increasing numbers of SF operators. We need to decapitate some folks.