[PeteB570]

I had nothing in my post about what I thought about end strength for troops.

You imply something I did not.

Since you did ask, I do not feel that combat arms strength is where it should be. Congress should have been more aggressive on funding increases to our military numbers since 9/11. Right now its in little spurts here and there.

To grow a fighting unit takes time. Funding a Division’s worth of troops takes 1) Funding 2) Pulling the leadership and cadre from other units thereby weakening them 3) Bringing in the privates and staffs 4) Training the individual tasks and then 5) Training the collective tasks. It takes time, time we’ve been wasting since 9/11.

Me? I’d like 4 more Mec Divisions and two or three SF Groups - but what do I know about such things?

[Tulsa Ramjet]

“It takes time, time we’ve been wasting since 9/11.”

You got that right. Its like 9/11 was the “Movie of the Week”, and that’s so...’last year.’

Europe will wake up when one of these fanatical groups decides to try and smoke the pope, or blows up the Louvre. These maggots go for impact.