The basic tenets of this military strategy are: The early phases of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are considered the two closest implementations of this doctrine.
[1] Opponents argue that the doctrine entails a heavy reliance on airstrikes to replace a lack of ground forces.
Without sufficient troops to guard Iraqi military infrastructure, large amounts of munitions were looted.
This has led to the current problem of insurgents and their improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Thomas Friedman ofThe New York Times has referred to the Rumsfeld Doctrine as one of "just enough troops to lose".