On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:35:45 -0500, Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Michael,
>
>Normally I avoid the OT posts but.... Nobody in
>military service has been "stuck" in Iraq. If you join
>(and we do have a volunteer force) than you damned
>well should know that you may wind up in a combat
>zone. Military service is not a democracy where you
>get to vote and have a choice in where you serve
>(within limits). There are recruits enlisting so that
>they CAN serve in Iraq in spite of the idiotic
>administration that got us there. And there are many
>other reasons why recruiting falls short at times.
>Again many of them are the fault of past or current
>admistrations (low pay, poor benefits, broken promises
>of retirement benefits, etc.). Deride Bush and his
>admistration all you want, but walk a mile in their
>boots before you go off on the grunts.
>
>John Bawden
>
>-----------------------
>
>John -
>
>Can you, as someone with solid military experience, tell us in an
>unambiguous fashion, how you would do things differently?
>
>I have my own ideas, but I want to hear yours first.

Brice,

not being the expert, I'd suggest having a plan might be helpful.
As there was absolutely no rush to start the invasion, the planning could 
have been done alot better. 
Reading history books might have been helpful specially the british ones or 
some from the Korean conflict, Vietnam and even talk to the russians about 
Afghanistan.
Finishing Afghanistan and then starting another one might have been a good 
idea as well.

how about the Rummy deal now, would you consider that flip-flopping?
a week ago he was doing a fantastic job according to GWB. Like Brownie?!

Interesting times
Michael

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