[cyberaxe]

The truth is we need a bigger army. That is plainly obvious to me. The way we are rekying on the guard and contractors and the long deployments of the combat units is just not sustainable.

.....totally agree about the long deployments.....

.....but.....

.....not so sure about the "need" for a bigger army.....

.....i in, NO WAY, want to make lite of the losses we have sustained to date, but.....

.....compared to previous wars.....

.....the current formulas have worked pretty good.....

.....i do think they need to be tinkered with a bit.....

.....and i believe that they are doing that now.....

.....it is easy for me to say this because.....

.....I'm sittin here in the good-ole USA.....

.....fat, happy and safe because of the sacrifices of others.....

.....but i am not willing to second guess those with more knowledge.....

.....than myself, because the guilt i feel about.....

.....the sacrifices others have made on my-behalf.....

.....i'm gonna give Rummy the benefit of a doubt.....

[faithincowboys]

My point is that there are too few combat troops, too few boots to replace the old boots. Too much strain on the forces and their families. That's my 2 cents.

[johnb838]

I think they're working on growing the armed forces, they just aren't talking/spinning/leaking it every day in the media. It isn't really that this administration is so very secretive, they just have extraordinarily good leak discipline.