It can be fairly argued that we live in times in which what was acceptable in WW2 - all those hyper-dangerous situations GIs were sent into with insufficient protection or bad equipment - is simply no longer acceptable to the population at large, which expects a higher standard of humanity. Maybe FDR and the others would be considered liable these days, and sacked - maybe our standards HAVE changed. Maybe that's why WW2 was fought for and won - so our standards and expectations can be lifted from what they were, to what they are now.

blame it all on Clinton's cutbacks? .. that's not for me to judge, being over here. Let me say actually, I don't have much problem with Rummy personally, in part it was a cheap shot to start this type of more important discussion.