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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It’s tough never being right.
retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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.
retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now.
retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs