Rumsfield stays as Defence Sec.

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I don't care for Rumsfeld - but not for the reaons that some will assume.

He is right on a whole lot of things that he is trying to do ... but I am personally of the opinion that he may be short-sighted in his "vision for wars of the 21st Century."

I am concerned that his tendency to "think light" will affect a potential need to "fight heavy" at some point in the future. That does not mean I think we need to maintain the same military we had when facing the Soviet Union, but there are lots of mean nastys out there, and not all of them are prone to wearing turbans or go to church on Friday.

I am worried that he is too focused on the ability to fight in sand. I am very concerned about our ability to support a necessary deployment of large numbers of troops to Korea in the very near future (should such a need arise).

With regard to operations currently underway - I do not like the tendency to take the major cities and leave the countryside in the hands of the enemy. It is a strategy that has served us poorly in the past.