Rumsfeld Fields Criticism in Rare Rank-and-File Exchange (washingtonpost.com)

Catch this exchange:
"You go to war with the Army you have," Rumsfeld [said], "not the Army you might want or wish to have."
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., told Rumsfeld in a letter Wednesday that his response ... was "utterly unacceptable" and that it was the duty of the government to provide safety equipment."
Now, consider that against all the notions that the administration would give the commanders whatever they requested. Like, ummm, troops. And that they had enough.
I would conclude we were unprepared (the poor intelligence resided in the president) and he was unwilling to make corrections (first cut taxes, then fight the war). And y'know? It worked. He got re-elected.

"Overall, there are 19,000 armored Humvees in the Iraqi theater. Some were built with additional armor, others had it added on later. That's, 2,000 short of what commanders are asking for, Di Rita acknowledged."
With 2 people to a car, that 38,000 soliders? That's a LOT of stuff we have over there. Is any of it really working? 19 thousand humvees? And they need 2000 more? Wow. That is some big operation!