"The Don" Rumsfeld does not take kindly to stabs aganst the US Armed Forces, I perceive.
Something tells me that we shall be tested really soon upon what was learned in those lessons.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, both members of the Clinton administration, were credited among the authors of the study that congressional Democrats released.
Of Course not. It's the IRAQI Forces that, in the end, shall be the finishing blow to the Terrorists.
Once they are fully equipped, capable, battle-tested, experienced and integrated-by-units, they'll be a lean & mean fighting machine in defense of their country.
"Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, both members of the Clinton administration, were credited among the authors of the study that congressional Democrats released."
This sentence says it all. Who would believe these people? This is just something the DemocRATS are trying to bring up to again embarrass the Administration. These people are nasty and they never let up on the evil they do.
That's good. They may have to deploy to Iran soon.
Apparently the congressional Democrats hired these two bird brains to do a "hit" piece on the Bush military. I think we can assume that it's a biased piece of work.
Since we are fighting in Iraq in order to minimize the amount of fighting we'll eventually have to do on our own soil, I would feel better with about 500,000 troops on the ground conducting some big ops killing 5,000-10,000 al qaeda a day. That probably means the military draft which I'm all for.
Yes, this revelation is becoming more apparent to the public as time goes by.
Congressional Democrats came out with a report stating their mindful political fear for the success of our gallant military.
What a lousy thing to do.
Well shortages have been corrected and re-enlistment and recruitment is fine now but we don't know about the future.
Well, excuse me! What was the point of this other than to attack the President, Rumsfeld, and our magnificent troops.
SecDef Rumsfeld like usual has it exactly right - Through SecDef Rumfeld's leadership the U.S. Armed Forces is reorganizing itself to be its most effective and lethal.
Those suggesting the "Army is broken" are utterly clueless (and have an agenda...plain and simple).
We are steadily growing our forces (in the areas of which there is a need) while at the same time becoming many fold more efficient within those forces we already have.
This looks like a good place to ask question that has been bugging me for a while.
In this GWOT what is the total number of personnel who have been deployed for it? I mean military and contract, operational and support. How many have gone and come back. If one person has been there 3 times count each time as another person.
Is it less than or more than a million?
How do casualties compare to that figure?
I've never heard or seen any discussion from that aspect.
Just curious.
If the military isn't being stretched thin, then why have they extended the upper recruitment age to 42? And why is the Army accepting more Cat. IV recruits? Why are recuitment bonuses going through the roof?
Those are measures taken when you do not have enough people entering the armed forces.
Our men and women are doing an excellent job. But the fact is that there are too few of them in Iraq. And we are not gaining enough recruits to make up the difference when our more experienced soldiers muster out. Which places more pressure on the remaining Guard units that still qualify for duty overseas.