[rodguy911]

I think with the talk being that 160,000 is unsustainable(no one mentions that we had near 600,000 in Iraq I) that it is reasonable to expect some reductions but not until the surge is well along which is also supposed to be sometime next year.

Why we don't have capabilities to put a half million troops in without strain now, is a huge question mark to me.

[Phsstpok]

Why we don't have capabilities to put a half million troops in without strain now, is a huge question mark to me.

There are two answers to that:

"Peace dividend" (blame that one on Papa Bush)

and

Clinton 1

[BusterBear]

Why we don't have capabilities to put a half million troops in without strain now, is a huge question mark to me.

Clinton happened.