但是由于拉姆斯菲尔德想要证明让美国军事战略脱胎换骨的道理，以及他的新保守派顾问们因意识形态一叶障目、扭曲了对伊拉克现实情况的评估，辛塞奇的建议遭到了拒绝。
But because Rumsfeld wanted to prove a point about transforming American military strategy, and his neo-conservative advisors had ideological blinders that distorted their appraisal of Iraqi reality, Shinseki’s advice was rejected.