Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry says military is being irrevocably damaged by the wars.

I listened to Rumsfeld's happy talk about how these individuals are exaggerating the situation and that the military is just reorganizing itself to be a more effective fighting force. But I stopped believing that prick a long time ago. Here is some truth for you.

The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.

"If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military," Perry, who served under Democratic President Bill Clinton, told a Capitol Hill news conference.

"We believe that the Bush administration has broken faith with the American soldier and Marine," the report said, citing poor planning for Iraq stability operations, too few troops there to accomplish the mission at an acceptable level of risk, and inadequate equipment and protection for deployed troops.

The report said these failures caused "a real risk of 'breaking the force.'"

So apparently what we are doing is reorganizing our military into a losing military. And the whole time this is happening our "chimp in charge" is swaggering around with his fingers carressing the butt of his six gun just itching for a showdown.

Hey I understand talking tough in the hopes that nobody will call your bluff! But we have a little thing called the internet. Acting like there is no problem while the world is constantly being made aware that there is a problem is not just bluffing, it is insanity.