…on those earlier e-mails:

“These e-mails are mostly off-the mark. The Army’s strained and it would be hard to find troops, but we could surge high enough and long enough to make a difference if we needed to—and we need to. This light infantry stuff is rubbish. The most effective operations in Iraq have been conducted by combinations of light forces and heavy/mechanized troops. The problem is the strategy, not the force mix. And if we’re all agreed that the problem is that the Army and Marines don’t have enough soldiers, why aren’t we demanding the necessary end-strength increases for both?”