Security Council is expected to meet Saturday and vote on a resolution that would expand the size of a U.N. monitoring mission in Syria, Western diplomats said.
The ultimate size of the force will depend upon the willingness of U.N. members to contribute troops, police and equipment, with most of the force coming from Africa.
Klein's estimation was crucial because the council must decide on the size and shape of the operation by Monday, when the U.N. mandate for Croatia expires.
Never mind that the U.S. defense industrial base is a fraction of what it was in Eisenhower's day n terms of the number of domestic suppliers involved, the size of the associated workforce and output of materiel.