Rumsfeld Advisers Mull Enemy Use of 'Cost-Imposing Strategy'

By Jason Sherman / July 6, 2005 at 5:00 AM
A group of advisers to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is preparing a report warning that the huge costs associated with prolonged, bloody operations in Iraq and Afghanistan may become part of U.S. adversaries' strategy. U.S.-led operations in these two countries "have tapped out the ground services' active and reserve components," state June 29 briefing slides prepared by a working group of the Defense Science Board. "We, therefore, find ourselves without resources for any other campaign at this scale, a prospect...

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