Can the Pentagon defends its plan of war The New Yorker, in questioning Mr. Rumsfeld's tactics, gives a new turn to these criticisms, The magazine quotes that according to several strategists of the Pentagon Mr. Rumsfeld categorically refused the deployment in the Gulf of four additional divisions, as recommended by the staff. Refusing the application of his commander General Tommy Franks, to delay the invasion to give time to the 4 the 2nd division, hat could not enter the north of Iraq by Turkey, to redeploy in the south. Le Monde