"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops……" — John Spratt
"Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country."
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18 Quotes by John Spratt
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This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our…
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Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this…
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We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.
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We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of…
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Our country, the United States of America, may be the worlds largest economy and the worlds only superpower, but we…
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing…
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Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a…
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As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have…
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Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon…
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I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact…
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Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.
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With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a…
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