Zeroing in on killing the enemy, with grossly insufficient troops on the ground, had led directly to the overuse of air strikes and the killing of civilians.
But Shinseki wasn't the only official who thought there were going to be insufficient troops on the ground to police Iraq in the aftermath of the war.
He said previous efforts to clear the Taliban from areas in Helmand Province faltered because there were insufficient troops to stay permanently.
It undermined the Atlantic alliance, contributing to tensions within NATO — which, hobbled by divergent national caveats and insufficient troops, did a poor job of taking over for United States forces diverted to Iraq.
Rather than questioning the reasons for the UK's presence in Afghanistan, many critics instead have asserted that Brown has provided insufficient troops and equipment (including helicopters) to get the job done.
It exhorts civilian leaders to query, prod and give orders to their subordinates -- an interesting thesis given the allegations in the military that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld ignored the advice of senior officers and initially committed insufficient troops to Iraq.
The government had insufficient troops in the area, but on October 27, at Doncaster Bridge, Thomas Howard, the 3rd duke of Norfolk, temporized with Aske, playing for time until adequate forces could be assembled.
The Soviet tank units forced a wedge between the Kampfgruppe and the XXVIIIth Army Corps; Wagner had insufficient troops ahead of the city.
There was no hope of trying to blockade the city as they had at Antioch; the crusaders had insufficient troops, supplies, and time.
His request was denied, however, as V Corps stated that there were insufficient troops to replace the brigade; as such it remained in its positions, defending the entire Beda area.
