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Official: More Troops To Deploy To Iraq
Yahooooo via AP ^ | 1/9/06

Posted on 01/09/2007 12:27:58 PM PST by areafiftyone

WASHINGTON - A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go into Iraq before the end of the month under President Bush's new plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday.

Up to 20,000 troops will be put on alert and be prepared to deploy under the president's plan, but the increase in forces on the ground will be gradual, said the official, who requested anonymity because the plans have not yet been announced.

Moving first would be the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, which is in Kuwait and poised to deploy quickly into Iraq.


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To: Rapscallion
The President should ask the Democ-rat Congress to resume the draft....and let his Republicans resist. See how the democrats govern in the face of public demand and simultaneous political opposition.

I can understand that. I would like to see it happen. But I believe that President Bush, along with the rest of congress, should do whats best for the country, not whats best for their party.
21 posted on 01/09/2007 1:13:16 PM PST by HOTTIEBOY ("dingleberry" LOL! You guys crack me up.....)
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To: areafiftyone

Is Teddy's head-vein 'sploding????

Anyone on the Senate floor tell him that he has no power to tell the President how many troops to deploy to or redeploy from Iraq?


22 posted on 01/09/2007 1:14:31 PM PST by ElectricStrawberry (27th Infantry Regiment...cut in half during the Clinton years....Nec Aspera Terrent!!!)
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To: Cornpone

Like I mentioned on another post, it's time for a ground version of Linebacker II. No holds barred, pull out all the stops and kill the insurgents and Al Sadr's boys by the hundreds or thousands.

They are cockroaches, one and all, and if you don't kill them before they have time to multiply exponentially, then you will never rid yourself of them.


23 posted on 01/09/2007 1:15:02 PM PST by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the lamestream media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: P-Marlowe

Agree with you there.


24 posted on 01/09/2007 1:18:27 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: P-Marlowe; areafiftyone
shoot first and ask questions later

Believe it or not, that is one of the charges against the Staff Sergeant who led the Haditha Marines, that he used nearly those exact same words.

And the truth is: they were a fairly good summation of the current Rules of Engagement.

It's criminal for us to tell our troops to give the enemy a free shot before they get to fire back.

25 posted on 01/09/2007 1:24:33 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: areafiftyone

Big mistake.


26 posted on 01/09/2007 1:26:31 PM PST by TeenagedConservative
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To: areafiftyone

When they are done splattering al-Sadr and his filthy crew all over the dirt roads, they can head for the Iranian border, where they can proceed to mop up any Iranian units the Air Force and Navy have left standing.


27 posted on 01/09/2007 1:28:50 PM PST by Gritty (There is no escape from the war Iran is waging against us, intensifying every passing hour-M Ledeen)
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To: areafiftyone

If these additional troops are being sent to Iraq to drive around in their trucks and get blown up by roadside bombs, well, I'm against that.

But if these troops are being sent there with the express purpose of joining the other 130,000 troops in rooting out and totally destroying the enemy, regardless of where they're hiding, then I'm fully in support of the president.


28 posted on 01/09/2007 1:38:45 PM PST by Deo volente
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To: areafiftyone; P-Marlowe
This is the equivalent of a division more of troops. That will mean that we have 170,000 or so of our 450,000 man Army over there. If they continue to play the rotation game, and not just finish this Iraq piece of the War on Terror, then all we'll succeed in doing is wearing out the troops. That's about 38% of our total force.

What we do, we must do it quickly.

We must truly cut off the embattled cities. We must truly control ingress and egress. We must truly go house to house and clear it of all weapons. We must turn the cleared cities over to a truly competent Iraqi military to maintain control and prevent re-infestation.

If we do those things we can leave.

If we allow Iran and Syria to continue shipping arms into Iraq, then we will not succeed.

The key to cordon, clear, and control is stopping Iran.

29 posted on 01/09/2007 1:42:59 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: xzins
If we allow Iran and Syria to continue shipping arms into Iraq, then we will not succeed.

Sigh. Weaponry is the strongest, most trusted currency in the ME.

30 posted on 01/09/2007 1:46:11 PM PST by txhurl
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To: txflake; P-Marlowe; SandRat

We have the military means to send an extremely strong message to the Iranians on this subject.

The President's speech should threaten Iran and Syria. It should be hard, direct, and unequivocal.


31 posted on 01/09/2007 1:48:15 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: Alia

82nd Airborne is our guys and gals....


32 posted on 01/09/2007 1:50:51 PM PST by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: stm
Action over here too:

BBC: US 'targets al-Qaeda' in Somalia ~ based on "credible intelligence" says Pentagon...

34 posted on 01/09/2007 1:53:20 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: SMARTY

Okay - you dive in first...;-)


35 posted on 01/09/2007 1:53:24 PM PST by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Gritty
"When they are done splattering al-Sadr and his filthy crew all over the dirt roads, they can head for the Iranian border, where they can proceed to mop up any Iranian units the Air Force and Navy have left standing."

You're dreaming. 20,000 more troops aren't enough to make a significant difference; we need at least 100,000 more to pacify Iraq, win this thing quickly and then invade Iran. But here I go dreaming too; Bush will put another 200 American troops in the brig for 'war crimes' before he lifts his pc, assinine 'rules of engagement' and lets the dogs of war loose on the enemy. This whole 'surge in troop strength' thing is pure political grandstanding, nothing but a showcase that won't change a thing.

36 posted on 01/09/2007 2:00:11 PM PST by TheCrusader
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To: TheCrusader

Dubious "opinion" polls, shaped by indoctrinating leftist media, is not the peoples will. The American people voted for Bush as their Commander in Chief and President.


37 posted on 01/09/2007 2:07:45 PM PST by SolidWood (Sadr lives. Kill him.)
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To: azhenfud
"82nd Airborne is our guys and gals.... "

First in Flight.

38 posted on 01/09/2007 2:10:55 PM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: azhenfud
Five maneuver brigades are on tap for the troop increase. General keane (retired) is advising the President now.
39 posted on 01/09/2007 2:13:00 PM PST by corlorde (New Hampshire)
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To: Cold Heat
Cold Heat, I think we are generally along the same lines but don't agree on specifics. WE should have disarmed Mooki's Army. We still should. We should disarm all militias. If we don't we will appear even more powerless than we do today. I don't think we should pull out until we can claim an undeniable victory. If we do, our future foreign policy is nothing but a joke.
40 posted on 01/09/2007 2:47:39 PM PST by Cornpone (Islam: The world’s greatest, preventable and treatable psychosis©2006Cornpone)
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