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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after surge

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The United States expects to have 140,000 troops in Iraq in July after withdrawing five combat brigades, leaving a force larger than before it began pouring in troops last year, the Pentagon said on Monday.

“These force posture levels are truly conditions based and driven by the mission requirements and the assessments of commanders on the ground,” Ham said at a Pentagon briefing.

...There were some 132,000 U.S. troops in Iraq before President George W. Bush ordered a surge of about 30,000 more to curb rampant violence that threatened to plunge the country into all-out civil war.

After 6 ½ years of occupation we need more troops than before the surge because we are winning. Just look at the force posture levels that are truly conditions based and driven by the mission requirements and the assessments of commanders on the ground.

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After 6 ½ years of occupation we need more troops than before the surge because we are winning.

Yep. This is the strategy that’s working.

Welcome to the real world.

likwidshoe on February 26, 2008 at 05:36 pm

After 6 ½ years of occupation we need more troops than before the surge because we are winning. Just look at the force posture levels that are truly conditions based and driven by the mission requirements and the assessments of commanders on the ground.

The presense of more troops is what has caused stability in Iraq and allowed for political progress.

Your snide remarks would seem absolutely foolish if we replaced “military” with “police”, and “reduced casualities” with “reduced crime”.


For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

Kenny on February 26, 2008 at 07:35 pm

Your snide remarks would seem absolutely foolish if we replaced “military” with “police”, and “reduced casualities” with “reduced crime”.

Ya know if I had used those words you might be right.
In fact, if those words were anywhere in the article…oh well…you’re just a bush swallower and I am not.

But good luck to ya!


Excuse me, you were saying?


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realitybasedbob on February 26, 2008 at 07:46 pm

Ya know if I had used those words you might be right.
In fact, if those words were anywhere in the article…oh well…you’re just a bush swallower and I am not.
But good luck to ya!

OK, let’s put it this way.

You just sound stupid.

We’re reducing forces (what you wanted to begin with) because the mission is working. You complain that the reduced forces are still more than we had originally. Yet, we still have less Iraqi deaths (which you’ve also complained about).

So, you’re griping is counter productive. By your own standards, you’re an absolute idiot.


For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

Kenny on February 27, 2008 at 01:26 am

Kenny,

Yep.


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By your own standards, you’re an absolute idiot.

rbb has standards? Who knew?



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