To: South40
He is giving the Generals 30,000 troops. Too bad the Generals asked for 33% more than that.
230 posted on
12/01/2009 5:19:00 PM PST by
relee
('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
To: relee
General Barack, I presume!
To: relee
Actually they asked for 60,000.
386 posted on
12/01/2009 5:31:05 PM PST by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: relee
McChrystal requested 60,000. The 40,000 was the number that the state media latched onto. 60K was McChrystal's figure for the required @ of men to win the war and limit US casualties. 40K was considered a viable # for a real victory, but would actually entail increased casualties. The "small" option was 20-30K, with heavy emphasis on special forces and would entail a heavy price in casualties. TOTUS just told McChrystal to eff off and also told the military to go and die. Remember, the snob doesn't want any victory. HE is an internationalist Marxist and one of his chief goals is to destroy any chance of American force being an option ever again.
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