Well, let’s assume the world is linear. If we required a certain amount of troops per 25,000 population in the Balkans, if the world is not radically different, something of the same extent is going to be needed in Iraq.

About Eric Shinseki

Eric Ken Shinsekiis a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairsand the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999-2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts.

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