Chris Dodd-D Displays a Grand Ignorance of Warfare

In fairness, I'd like to point out that both parties display a massive ignorance of the strategies and tactics of warfare. In this video, Chris Dodd claims that you cannot move 140,000 troops in a month. His quote, "You are not going to do it in a week or a month, 140,000 troops..." appears around 1 minute, 45 seconds in the video. This is complete hogwash.

On June 6, 1944, now known as D-Day, the Allied forces moved 140,000 troops across the English channel in a single day. About a month later, they had moved over 1,000,000 troops. They did this under the constant fire of the German army. With Iraqi conditions, General Dwight Eisenhower could have easily moved the entire US Army out in a week without loosing any sleep over the security of his plan.

Right this very moment, there is a retreat plan sitting in the file cabinet of some General in Iraq that could get all of the troops out in a week. To not have a plan for retreat would be a complete dereliction of duty so we can know for certainty that this plan exists. We do not need to know the details of this plan, as it would compromise security, but I do feel that the General in charge should inform the media of this plan as Politicians should not be able to lie about the good name of the Army.

I can think of no greater slander against the US forces than to claim that they could not move out 140,000 troops in a month. The hilarious part of this Dodd's assertion is that we moved IN 140,000 troops in less than a month, fighting the Iraqi Army the entire way. That we not cannot walk right out with the same speed is both a lie and a slander of what remains of the US's good name.