[Just A Nobody]

What I find amazing is the fact for more then a year the plan was to reduce in numbers our footprint after the final federal election and government was put into place.

EXACTLY!!! Much like las January when the insipid jFnK went on MTP,iirc, and said that after the election we needed to draw down our troops by 20,000. That, was of course, the plan all along. The extra 20 had been deployed for increased security for the election, with full intention of reducing the force by 20 shortly after the election.

I guess there are only a few out there that can remember anything past breakfast.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Exactly" " I guess there are only a few out there that can remember anything past breakfast."
And the L/MSM takes total advantage of it.