However, he was right about Rumsfeld's estimate of troops needed in Iraq being way too low.
Didn’t he want 400,000 to 500,000 troops in Iraq.
And where did he think we were going to get that number?
not really (RE Rumsfeld). This general said it would take 400,000+ troops. We are winning with less than half of that.
He war only partly right by dumb luck.
The surge called for an additional 30,000 troops for a total of about 140,000 ....
Gen Shineski claimed we would need 300,000 troops or more ...
It was intelligence that enabled us to eventually win, not strength in numbers.
Tribal leaders at first were more scared of the crazy jihadists than US troops.
Once we turned the tribal leaders, and it took several years (which is where Rummy was wrong).. we essentially won the war fairly quickly.