Re: Reports Military Stretched Too Thin - Kerry responds

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry: Military Must Be Ready to Face Modern-Day Threats
January 25th, 2006

In the wake of recent reports released in the past couple of days, that our military is stretched too thin, and a denial today from Donald Rumsfeld on those reports, Senator John Kerry issued the following statement today:

“Two reports from former Secretary of Defense William Perry and respected defense analyst Andrew Krepinevich tell us what we’ve known for several years – we need to increase the size of our military to meet the threats of today and tomorrow.

“The war on terror and the war in Iraq have shown that no matter how many ‘smart bombs’ you’ve got, you still need boots on the ground. We need more special forces and top-notch intelligence. This Administration doesn’t realize we can’t fight terrorists hiding around the globe in the post-9/11 world with a military sized for the post-Cold War world.

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1746

[ginnyinWI]

1. proven right once again

He's been saying we need more troops for years now. How much more do we have to endure before the public wakes up and realizes how incompetent those villans really are?? Rumsfeld was positively Orwellian today. "This proves how strong we are, blah blah blah".