BREITBART.COM - 1999 War Games Foresaw Problems in Iraq

BREITBART.COM - 1999 War Games Foresaw Problems in Iraq: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an invasion of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue.
In its 'Desert Crossing' games, 70 military, diplomatic and intelligence officials assumed the high troop levels would be needed to keep order, seal borders and take care of other security needs.

The documents came to light Saturday through a Freedom of Information Act request by the George Washington University's National Security Archive, an independent research institute and library. "



It would be interesting but probably impossible for the proponents of 'Military Transformation' to do a study of all the ways the administration violated the concepts of military transformation. For example, this surge of 20,000 troops looks like it will only bring troop levels back to where they were at the beginning of 2006. How is that supposed to help? Swarming requires overwhelming force. Military Transformation assumes force that does something besides guard troops and wait for attacks.


Military Transformation relies on high amounts of information. I guess it assumes that the information will be used.