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2010-11-15 Afghanistan

NATO Confirms It Has 130 Generals and Admirals in Afghanistan 1 for every 1,000 soldiers

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Seems a bit excessive.

Put a rifle in each of their hands and send them out to the front line and NATO's military strength would increase by 13%.

Posted by gorb 2010-11-15 00:15|| 2010-11-15 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 EXCESS GENERALS + ADMIRALS

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* TOPIX > RUSSIA [quietly]REMAINS TURKEY'S ENEMY: ANKARA SETS GOAL OF [Turkey-centric/led] REGIONAL LEADERSHIP IN SOUTH CAUCASUS.

Supplantation of Moscow by Turkey.

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Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-11-15 02:09|| 2010-11-15 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 What do Admirals DO in Afghanistan?

For that matter, what do 780 general officers do? Especially that couldn't be done cheaper & better from somewhere else? Aren't they mainly about organizational capability and logistics? You need a few to schmooze Karzai etc., but beyond that? And don't they all have staffs full of majors busily second-guessing the actions of the soldiers in battle and establishing all sorts of chains of permission?

Posted by Glenmore 2010-11-15 08:16|| 2010-11-15 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure each participating country has to have its own HQ et al.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-11-15 12:28|| 2010-11-15 12:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Ticket punchers...

Posted by tu3031 2010-11-15 19:17|| 2010-11-15 19:17|| Front Page Top

#6 What do Admirals DO in Afghanistan?

easy, they are just collecting combat pay. be there from the 30th of the month ending, to the 2nd of the next month, and hey, presto 2 months combat pay. Not a bad little scam, if you can get away with it.

Posted by nGuard 2010-11-15 19:27|| 2010-11-15 19:27|| Front Page Top

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