Charlie Foxtrot

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Donald Rumsfeld is an idiot .

In particular, note that: "To the surprise of some, even while the fighting intensified the military moved forward with plans to dramatically reduce the number of Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Iraq."

So, in addition to rotating in a bunch of new Guard and Reserve units, who don't have the same level of weapons training and expertise as the regular Army, and who also don't have the latest in equipment updates, Rummy's Pentagon is making sure that they don't have any armor to hole up in when things get hairy. And they will.

Also, and this is impossible to overemphasize: We're out of troops, folks. Retired General Barry McCaffrey observes that "We literally have 72 percent of our combat units deployed or deploying in Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea, Eastern Africa."

Is it just me, or is it a bit drafty lately?