You like to throw around terms and concepts like you think you actually have a clue.

“The Rumsfeld Doctrine” that you so love to puke out your worthless suckhole like it actually has significance refers to using troop levels that actually existed and could be logistically supported, as different from the magic wand wishes of those who’s heads were still working around the numbers prior to the “Peace Dividend” or other asshats who confuse the total number of US military personnel with those specifically useful to an actual deployment specifically for a land war.

As in all things actually functional, logistics logistics logistics is the primary limiter on force deployment.

And as to your line of absolutely ignorant and generally intellectually inbred reasoning on the munitions.

Listen up numbnuts. The depots were secured as best as could be secured under the constraints of a real life maneuver battle during the invasion phase and security was increased significantly afterwards.

Most of what has been used by your friends in the insurgency against the government of Iraq and the Coalition Forces comes from positions abandoned by Saddamites as their army was collapsing and/or were prepositioned by Saddamite loyalists to supply an uprising/insurrection after the forces collapsed.

There have actually been some incidences of intrusion and theft by your friends in the murder/death cult from established munitions dumps. These things are unfortunately par for the course in a chaotic environment. Such is life when dealing with actual reality. You demonstrate your “reality” of being nothing more than the degenerate snark driven bullcrap of those who suck up and swallow every tidbit and morsel of enemy propaganda as divine truth.

And as to your pathetic mewling about the museum, that was looted of anything of value long before Coalition Forces entered Baghdad.

Keep running your suck. Keep reminding us what side of the firing line you’re on.

Dude. The al Qaqaa depot (remember that one?) had 380 tons of ultra high explosives, and it was secured in 10 bunkers. It was on the list of locations to be secured, but after the invasion, while we installed security around the Oil Ministry, no one bothered with al qaqaa. Result? Much of the explosives were looted. Are you trying to tell me it made no difference that this happened? Are you trying to tell me this couldn’t have been prevented?

And don’t forget, when discussing the extent of the munitions there, that we are talking about an area the size of California. That still takes time.

For goodness sakes, French EOD groups are STILL finding stuff left over from WWI, let alone UXB’s from WWII. There are literally hundreds of chemical shells dug up each year in France, and farmers there still get blowen up on a rtegular basis, so it’s not like Iraq is an isolated example.

Respects,

More to the point, we were not discussing the troop build up and re-equipping them. Which I was there for also, by the way, so kindly take your conflating, condescending ignorance and stuff it up your oubliette.

“Must…think (gasp)(strain)…must use my brain.. big job, requires a lot of people, not enough troops, Rumsfeld doctrine calls for few soldiers, much equipment, (gasp)(strain), this must mean… (ugh)(hm)… oh, forget it, I’ll just call Corndog a moron. So much easier.”

In a year my ambulance made dozens of trips out with EOD to destroy UXOs (not including dozens of others for IEDs). The entire place is lousy with explosives.

Yes.

Is that possible?

Is what possible? Not securing miles of nearly open desert? Or securing miles of nearly open desert? Sounds like you need coffee.

(A gentle hint: Fences work best with honest people.)

If so, doesn’t it totally undercut the Rumsfeld Doctrine?

Not when I was in the sandbox. Of course, it does look different from the armchair, doesn’t it?

Looks to me like it does, but then again, it’s Monday morning.

It’s Wednesday morning. Have another cup of coffee, and then go out and buy a calendar. May I suggest this one?

JeffS,

Not sure the point you’re making. Are you saying that the munitions dumps could not have been secured against intruders? Is that possible? If so, doesn’t it totally undercut the Rumsfeld Doctrine? Looks to me like it does, but then again, it’s Monday morning.

… what the heck is font depletion anyway.