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2006-10-12 Iraq
Army: Troops to Stay in Iraq Until 2010
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Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Once again, a misquote for readership. Gen. Schoomaker said it is easier to plan for troops to stay and pull them out when appropriate than plan on pulling them out (read, timetable) and having to bring them back.
Posted by Captain America 2006-10-12 00:52||   2006-10-12 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope we have troops there for a long, long time. Iraq would make a superb place as the HQ of the US Africa Command.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-10-12 11:28||   2006-10-12 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 First 3 words...

For planning purposes

Seriously misleading headline!
Posted by Oldspook 2006-10-12 13:25||   2006-10-12 13:25|| Front Page Top

#4 However, I do agree that we need to have a larger military, especially the Army - and we need to commit to traingin and maintaining about a division more than we have right now.

The world is a dangerous place, and you'd rather have a bullet left over than come up jsut one short.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-10-12 13:26||   2006-10-12 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Before enlarging the Army, I wish the US leadership had a plan to actually defeat the islamics and then size the force to accomplish that task.
Posted by ed 2006-10-12 13:49||   2006-10-12 13:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Agreed OS. Another Division would really ease the strain. How about a Division with a Stryker BDE, a Ranger Regt. and an SF Group. I think a division of Marines is needed also. The last thing we need is more fighter jets.

What I found interesting was Cody's remark about needing non-combat time to develop and mature our leaders. Of all problems to have in the military this is a good one.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-10-12 14:02||   2006-10-12 14:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Dammit ed - there you go placing the horse before the cart again.....
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-10-12 14:27||   2006-10-12 14:27|| Front Page Top

#8 We have more than one problem to solve - so sizing the force for only islamic terrorism is the wrong approch - its what got us where we are now.
Posted by Oldspook 2006-10-12 19:16||   2006-10-12 19:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Y'all are thinking about divisions, but the brigade is now the deployable unit of action.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-12 19:19||   2006-10-12 19:19|| Front Page Top

#10 No one here is saying not to take into account other congencies. But at least have a plan for victory that doesn't depend on the cooperation of our enemies. To paraphrase Rumsfeld, the first priority is to fight the war we are in, not the wars we wish we were in.
Posted by ed 2006-10-12 19:25||   2006-10-12 19:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Also not clear infantry is what we need. We don't have any trouble winning wars with the combat soldiers we have. It's occupation, peacekeeping and civil affairs that we need more of. More infantry may cost a lot more to equip and train than is necessary for these tasks and it may be the wrong kind of training. We need to recognize we are in the nation building business. We are going to be in Iraq a lot longer. We should get the right kind of personnel, possibly not even Army, in place or pull out now and just send in the rifles the next time we need to kill some people.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-12 19:33||   2006-10-12 19:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Well, part of that mission is clearly filled by the MPs.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-12 19:58||   2006-10-12 19:58|| Front Page Top

#13 To the man with a=only a hammer, every problem is a nail.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-12 20:16||   2006-10-12 20:16|| Front Page Top

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