the idea of raising the troop level by (1) accelerating the training of troops on their way to Iraq and (2) stretching out the period of time that troops spend in Iraq has the potential of permanently breaking the US volunteer armed forces. Some might see that as a good thing...
On 12/14/06, ken hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So what will the Democrats say to all this and the 100 billion more that Bush wants to pay for his wars? This plan fits in with Bush's statement that the problem in Vietnam was that the US did not stay long enough and do enough. I guess it is irrelevant that the US people might become restive again. Cheers, Ken Hanly Pentagon pushes for more troops in Iraq
-- Jim Devine / "The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society." -- Karl Marx.
