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| Bush to make fresh assessment of Iraqi military needs |
| 2006-05-24 |
| President Bush, facing political pressure for troop cutbacks, said Tuesday he would make a fresh assessment about Iraq's needs for U.S. military help now that a new government has taken office in Baghdad. Bush also said Americans should not judge what's happening in Iraq solely on the basis of the unrelenting violence. "It is a difficult task to stop suicide bombers," Bush said at a news conference. Bush said progress was being achieved on the military and political fronts - as Iraqis are trained to handle their own security force and a new unity government begins works. Iraq's government will assess its security needs and its security forces and work with U.S. commanders, Bush said. "We haven't gotten to the point yet where the new government is sitting down with our commanders to come up with a joint way forward," the president said. "However, having said that, this is a new chapter in our relationship. In other words, we're now able to take a new assessment about the needs necessary for the Iraqis." One of Bush's top aides said the role of U.S. military in Iraq will change as the new government takes place. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 Per the Goldwater-Nichols Act, its the Theater Commander who determines what is needed based upon the mission statement that the Executive Authority [POTUS/SecDef] gives him. The TC figures out the particulars. Now the EA can fire'em or refuse resources, but in the end its the TC who defines what is needed. Now please, post here a link which identifies any request for more manpower or resources that the EA has denied the TC. We've had a handful of generals bitch about things, but none were the TC. |
| Posted by: Glinesh Slating1291 2006-05-24 09:37 |
| #1 “President Bush, facing political pressure for troop cutbacks… and election-year pressure is building to begin troop withdrawals.” Could conditions on the ground such as a newly formed government and increased Iraqi security levels facilitate a reduction in coalition troops? Nahhhhh…can’t be…it has to be election-year political pressure. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-05-24 08:45 |