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2014-10-17 Home Front: WoT

Odierno: ISIS, Russian Threats May Scuttle Plans to Shrink Army

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Posted by Fred 2014-10-17 11:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 Carter gutted the Army, and we had to pay to rebuild it. The problem now is we are losing combat experienced people, the very people who cause problems in peace-time conditions, but the kind who win wars.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-17 13:39|| 2014-10-17 13:39|| Front Page Top

#2 "The problem is ... the world is changing in front of us," Odierno said......

Never saw it coming did ya? Not the slightest clue? Figured Putin was your pal? Perhaps it's time for you to retire.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-17 14:12|| 2014-10-17 14:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Never really met an Army officer with imagination...

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-17 14:49|| 2014-10-17 14:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Difficult to detect when you're bobbing up and down.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-17 15:09|| 2014-10-17 15:09|| Front Page Top

#5 True. Only met one Army officer at sea; he was commanding a transport.

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-17 16:08|| 2014-10-17 16:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, so *that* is what he meant in #4. I was thinking something else.

"Doctrine is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
-- Gen. Mattis.

But then he was a Marine, eh?

Posted by SteveS 2014-10-17 17:42|| 2014-10-17 17:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, so *that* is what he meant in #4. I was thinking something else.

S'what he intended.

Posted by Pappy 2014-10-17 19:31|| 2014-10-17 19:31|| Front Page Top

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