Rumsfield is a tool, and I hope that Tommy Franks kicks the crap out of him during the next press conference. The only reason we have the amount of forces on the ground that we do is because Franks kicked and shouted until he got more units. It was a friggin' blessing that Turkey refused to allow troops to operate from their country, because at least now the 4th I.D. can be used as a reserve in the south, if their ****ing armor ever arrives.
Mr. Rumsfield, AIRPOWER ALONE CANNOT WIN WARS! Yes, the Nintendo pilots do a fine job, but their is a limit to what they can accomplish. It's called air SUPPORT for a reason. Air power supports the grunts on the ground, not the other way around.
You can not send your division in to invade another country unless you have troops to SECURE YOUR SUPPLY ROUTES! It's not a good idea to have your convoys shoot their way all the way to front. That's how your supplies don't get where they are supposed to go, or how a bunch of REMF's end up as POW's on Al Jazzerra (sp?).
YOU NEED A RESERVE FORCE! 3rd/7th fought for 72 hours straight, with no relief. 1st Marines have done the same. Three days of no sleep= falling asleep over the barrel of your rifle. I know this from experience. You need to bring in fresh troops for relief so the guys on the line can get rest, tend their wounds, eat, and resupply. Ammo is your friend, and just like people friends, it some times runs out. That's a bad thing.
Anyway, end of rant. Just had to get that off my chest.
Mr. Rumsfield, AIRPOWER ALONE CANNOT WIN WARS! Yes, the Nintendo pilots do a fine job, but their is a limit to what they can accomplish. It's called air SUPPORT for a reason. Air power supports the grunts on the ground, not the other way around.
You can not send your division in to invade another country unless you have troops to SECURE YOUR SUPPLY ROUTES! It's not a good idea to have your convoys shoot their way all the way to front. That's how your supplies don't get where they are supposed to go, or how a bunch of REMF's end up as POW's on Al Jazzerra (sp?).
YOU NEED A RESERVE FORCE! 3rd/7th fought for 72 hours straight, with no relief. 1st Marines have done the same. Three days of no sleep= falling asleep over the barrel of your rifle. I know this from experience. You need to bring in fresh troops for relief so the guys on the line can get rest, tend their wounds, eat, and resupply. Ammo is your friend, and just like people friends, it some times runs out. That's a bad thing.
Anyway, end of rant. Just had to get that off my chest.