WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE GUYS

That has been my refrain since 9/11 about the size of our military. More on that score from today's Washington Times.

Ken Allard is right;

Ken Allard, a retired Army colonel and author of four books on national security, said the 500,000-troop active force simply is not enough to fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to deter aggression in Europe and South Korea. "I would start adding forces until it is demonstratively too much," Mr. Allard said. "God forbid, what happens if somewhere something else goes wrong. ... We are eating seed corn. In an 18-division requirement, we have a 10-division force." The Army boasted 18 active divisions during the Cold War.

Bingo.