Daniel Sullivan actually said...

I think also the best way to take care of our troops is to train them hard to make sure when and if they go to war, they come back alive.

I certainly think that the idea that weakness is provocative applies to him.

It seems a little backwards in what we are doing, no OPLAN and reducing forces when we should have an OPLAN that actually guides the strateg...

I believe we need to make sure this rebalance and optimization of our military forces in the region is credible.