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“We should have at least three armored divisions there, plus the 1st Cavalry,” Funk said, repeating earlier warnings that not enough heavy forces were in place at the start of the war.
“We need overwhelming combat power,” he said. “But Rumsfeld, he knows everything. He’s run a drug company, so why listen to generals.
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“This isn’t a football game, where if we win 14-13, it’s a victory,” he said. “The score should be a 100-0′ like was under Powell, Cheney and Bush 41.”
“This now is the same crap under Les Aspin in Somalia.”
Funk’s references were to Colin Powell, Dick Cheney and George Bush who were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, defense secretary and president during the Gulf War. The 41 refers to George Bush being the 41st president. George W. Bush is the 43rd. Aspin was the secretary of defense during the deployment of U.S. troops in Somalia, which were slaughtered in a firefight without armor, which Aspin had refused to send. The incident forced his resignation in December 1993. [Billings Gazette]