[MNJohnnie]

- to replace our overextended forces

Same old lie.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/global-deployments.htm

Out of a total of 78 Combat Brigades in the US ARMY and Reserves (just the Army, not the Marines) we have 27 Deployed (21 active, 6 National Guard) EVERYWHERE in the world. This total includes those deployed, returing from deployment or training for deployment. GEE, less than half are Army and a bare fraction of our Navy and Air Force deployed yet we are "over extended"?

Maybe we better trust our Professional Commanders and the Bush team rather then the rantings of a "news media" pundit? After all, the "news media" got Afganistan wrong, Iraq last year wrong (remember the bogged down hysteria) and Iraq this month WRONG. Why should we take them serious NOW?

[Destro]

Bush said Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, indicated he needs more troops in Iraq. Abizaid told Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld he needs at least 10,000 more troops than he had previously envisioned. "If that's what he wants, that's what he gets," Bush said.

[Happy2BMe]

20,000 U.S. Troops to Stay in Iraq Longer