Reply #4: They said we'd need several hundred thousand troops to occupy Iraq at the beginning. [View All]

[Selatius]

No, Rumsfeld overrode them and decided to go in lean and light weight, and he had no plan for the occupation either. There is a lot of worry within the military about a war with Iran. Many of the sane ones are opposed to such a war, and some have said they'll resign and bolt for the door if Bush pushes America into a war with Iran. Admiral Fallon, chief of CENTCOM, would likely resign if ordered to go into Iran. Fallon wasn't impressed with Gen. Petraeus either and opposed the surge from the beginning as a waste of time. Fallon called Petraeus an "ass-kissing little chicken shit" at one point.