No excuses can change the fact that the plan included the 4th and we started this fight without the 4th. Franks stood up and said he needed the 4th and he was told by Dumsfeld to do without. I'm not saying we're going to lose this war now, but our troops are not getting any relief. They've been out there sleeping 3-4 hours a day for going on two weeks now on the front lines and they are getting no relief because there are no reserves in the field. This is insane. For 4000 years military strategy 101 has said keep 1/3 of your force in reserve and most of our reserves are still weeks away from combat! "The plan" was to have the 4th in there. When the Turks screwed us we should have waited to get the 4th in place in Kuwait. Period.