GEN Shinseki was not relieved of his post as Chief of Staff of the Army, or replaced because of policy dispute, but simply because he had served the designated tour of duty for that position. And what if DoD had employed a larger ground force structure? Doubtless there would have been even more casualties, since there would have been more targets, both of 'door-kickers' and their logistic tail which usually runs ten times the actual number of door-kickers. How much more would this greater footprint cost us, and would it have produced concomitantly better results?
All that is promised with a larger force is pure conjecture, a simple game of "what if?" To imply the Zinni and his band of bellyachers are the only source of truth, decency, vanilla ice cream, and unfailing war strategy is as productive as spitting into a tornado.
And kindly remember that it was Shinseki and his brilliant strategy that is costing us millions of $$ per month for our continuing presence in the Balkans, where another bright shining example of mediocrity, Wesley Clark, met his military demise.
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