Shinseki warned it would take several hundred thousand to take Iraq and to handle the lengthy post-war occupation, and all he was doing was quoting from the Central Command Op Plan that had been created the year before Shinseki became chairman. As it turns out he and the Op Plan were a whole lot closer to the mark than those who said the job could be done with fewer than 50,000 and the troops would be home in no time.
We should have finished with Iraq years ago and gone into Iran. 500,000 was a much better idea. In fact, we should have knocked out Iran first! With Iran out, the majority of islamic extremism would have been stopped. Well except from the funding by the stinking Saudis.
But when we allowed the Iraqis to come up with a constitution that mandated that “No Law Shall Contradict Islam” well.....whats the point?