[OT] Retreating from Iraq

[BCS]

Reply to Benji,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>>> Sort everyone under you 
>>> (directly or indirectly)         <<<<<
>>> by the number of
>>> subordinates they have. Pick the subordinate with the most
>>> subordinates and call the next man in line to them. remove every
>>> subordinate down that chain of command and repeat.
>>> 
>>> This assumes that the depth of command is more or less the same
>>> across the board.
>>> 
>> This is based on the ssumption that the people with the most
>> subordinates need to get started first.
>> 
> But consider this case...
> 
> I have two subordinates: Dirk and Deek. Dirk has only one subordinate
> of his own, but Deek has three. It seems like I should call Deek
> first.
> 
> But what if Dirk's single subordinate has twenty subordinates of his
> own, which Deek's subordinates are leaf-nodes? In that case, it makes
> a whole lot more sense to call Dirk first.

my solution does exactly that. It first calls the commander, however removed, 
from whoever has the most subordinates. Assuming that each call take the 
same amount of time, the man with the most subordinates will be the first 
man at his rank to get the order.