Bremer was shot down on troops

I have never been a fan of Paul Bremer nor the Coalition Provisional Authority, but it does seem that history is finally coming out in the open to make him a bit less of a "company man" for the Defense Dept. Today the AP has this story about the sugestion Bremer made to Donald Rumsfeld regarding troop levels. It seems that Bremer thought that there needed to be more than 450,000 troops on the ground to quell the violence of the insurgency. It further seems that General Richard B. Meyers thought differently. It might be seen that Bremer was right in this. I don't want to endorse his policy in any way but I would agree that the higher troop levels would have been useful after the occupation began.

Funny that the Defense Dept. has chosen today, when the Alito hearing is in full swing to release this interesting information. Coincidence? Probably not.