Reply #17: Ah, Rumsfeld's grand strategy: fast(?) and cheap(?)

[Miss Authoritiva]

Also known as: Shinseki was right.

The convoy routes are not secure; the Baghdad airport is iffy; the Green Zone gets pummeled every day; and critical oil pipeline junctions are sabotaged. And, of course, let's not forget the large areas of the country that are not under "coalition" control.

These areas cannot be secured because there are not enough troops to secure them. It doesn't take an enormous amount of intelligence to grasp this, but it sure does take an enormous amount of arrogance to stick to one's failed "fast(?) and cheap(?)" military plan.