It was Clintoon who reduced the size of the military most recently. The rats don't have a clue.
Actually they probably need to add 4 Divisions.
Remember...you don't "own" a piece of ground until a man with a rifle puts foot on it.
"Remember...you don't "own" a piece of ground until a man with a rifle puts foot on it."
Exactly! It always takes "boots on the ground."
So you're talking about another 100,000+ troops. Where do we get them from? The Army and Marines are barely met their quote for 2004.
We're kind of in a bind here. The army is trying to recruit to staff an occupation army, not an offensive army. The Pentagon is saying that troop levels will be at about 120,000 for the next two years. That means that the troops in the ranks now can expect at least another tour, maybe two in Iraq. They are stretched thin, are going to be stretched thinner, and I can't see that the administration is doing anything to alleviate the situation. And if they start failing to make their recruiting goals then it's only going to get worse.