NYT analysis: As Policy Decisions Loom, a Code of Silence is Broken

"Mr. Rumsfeld did not dictate how many forces the military could employ in postwar Iraq. But he expressed disdain for the war plan he inherited, which called for a minimum of 380,000 troops to secure the country, dismissing it as a product of old thinking.

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In the critique of the Iraq war, two of Mr. Rumsfeld's decisions have come under special scrutiny.

According to General Franks, it was Mr. Rumsfeld who broached the issue of canceling the deployment of the First Cavalry Division, which had been scheduled to reinforce the initial American invasion force. General Franks went along with the decision, but field commanders in Iraq were unhappy with the move, which left the United States short of troops after Saddam Hussein was ousted from power. Disorder roiled Baghdad, and an insurgency began to emerge.

According to L. Paul Bremer III, who served as the chief civilian administrator in Iraq, Mr. Rumsfeld approved the decision to formally dissolve the Iraqi military. General Pace told the Council on Foreign Relations in 2004 that the Joint Chiefs were not consulted about that move, which still stands as one of the most controversial policy decisions of the Iraq operation."

....According to L. Paul Bremer III, who served as the chief civilian administrator in Iraq, Mr. Rumsfeld approved the decision to formally dissolve the Iraqi military. General Pace told the Council on Foreign Relations in 2004 that the Joint Chiefs were not consulted about that move, which still stands as one of the most controversial policy decisions of the Iraq operation."

the 'unfit" word.